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Omophron (Phrator) barsevskisi Valainis 2011

Description

Omophron (Phrator) barsevskisi Valainis, 2011: 120

Material examined. Holotype, female: “ Cameroon / Edea (Bsse-Sanaga) / Vadon!”, “ Coll. Mus. Congo / Col. P. Basilewsky ” (MRAC). Paratypes: 1m, 1f: “ Coll. Mus. Congo / Cameroun: Yaoundé / Col. P. Basilewsky ” (MRAC); 1f: “Benuë / Lau 14.IV [Nigeria: Taraba State, Lau, Benue river]”, “nov. bei vittulatum Fairm. / Bänninger” (ZMHB).

Comments. Last segment of maxillar palpi elongate, 1.3 times as long as penultimate (Fig. 27). Sclerite of bursa copulatrix as in fig. 43. Species well described by Valainis (2011). The aedeagus of single known male has unfortunately been lost.

Distribution. Nigeria, Cameroon (Fig. 57).

Notes

Published as part of Anichtchenko, Alexander & Valainis, Uldis, 2024, To the knowledge of the subgenus Phrator Semenov, 1922 of the genus Omophron Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), pp. 77-90 in Zootaxa 5447 (1) on pages 87-88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11119264

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MRAC , MRAC, ZMHB
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Omophron
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Valainis
Species
barsevskisi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Omophron (Phrator) barsevskisi Valainis, 2011 sec. Anichtchenko & Valainis, 2024

References

  • Valainis, U. (2011) Revision of the Omophron (Phrator) ' vittulatum' species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology, 11 (2), 117 - 126.