Curelius uhligi Esser & R 2017, nov.sp
| Main Authors: | Esser, Jens, R, Afrotropical |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment |
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, 2017
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https://zenodo.org/record/5480626 |
Daftar Isi:
- Curelius uhligi nov.sp. Type material: Holotype Ƌ: " R. S. Africa, 14.-16.XI.1993, 34°04’S / 20°27’E, Cape Province, Bontebok NP, lux, leg. M. Uhlig " [TMP]. Paratypes: 7 ex. with the same data as the holotype [MFNB: 5 ex., cES: 2 ex.]; 1 ex. " R. S. Africa, 29.- 30.XI.1996, 33°59’S / 22°38’E, Cape Province: Wilderness NP: car catcher, leg. M. + B. Uhlig " [MFNB]. E t y m o l o g y: To the honour of Manfred Uhlig, who collected the specimens of the three species described in this paper and huge amount of Cryptophagidae in South Africa and Namibia. D e s c r i p t i o n: Male, 1,15 mm, dark chestnut brown. Body convex, with strong but sparse puncture: distance on elytra two diameters, on pronotum more than two diameters (fig. 3). Eyes normal, one eye smaller than the diameter between the eyes (figs 7). Prosternal process triangular, with a distinct puncture (fig. 10). No furrows for antennae next to the prosternal process developed. Legs are slender, pale. Antennae pale, club darkened, 11 segmented with a 3 segmented club, segments 9, 10 and 11 slightly asymmetric, 10 and 11 jointed nearly in the middle of the previous segment (like usual in most Curelius). C o m m e n t: Similar to C. johnsoni nov.sp. in colour but well distinguished in different structure of pronotum and elytra. Also similar to C. japonicus (REITTER, 1878) and C. jaegeri nov.sp. but not pale. D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from South Africa.
- Published as part of Esser, Jens & R, Afrotropical, 2017, On Curelius CASEY, 1900 and Ephistemus STEPHENS, 1829 (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) from the Afrotropical Region, pp. 1139-1145 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2) on pages 1142-1143, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5410042