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Tragardhus Koch 1956

Description

Genus Tragardhus Koch, 1956

Tragardhus Koch, 1956: 369.— Kulzer 1963: 431, Iwan 2004: 739, Banaszkiewicz 2006: 65, Kamiński 2011: 321.

Type species. Tragardhus (Tragardhus) glandipleurum Koch, 1956; bY oRigiNAl DesigNAtioN.

Diagnosis. The followiNg chARActeR combiNAtioN is UNiqUe foR Tragardhus withiN MelAmbiiNA: eYe Not DiviDeD bY exteNDiNg geNAl cANthUs iNto DoRsAl AND veNtRAl pARts (Not As iN Oreomelasma EspAñol, 1975; Fig. 1F), ANteNNA (Not As iN Hanstroemium; Fig. 1G) AND pRotibiA RelAtivelY sleNDeR (Not As iN e.g., Bermejoina EspAñol, 1944; Fig. 1H), some of the elYtRAl iNteRvAls coveReD bY moRe oR less eloNgAteD tUbeRcles (Fig. 3E, F), lAteRAl siDe of epipleURoN withoUt elevAteD cARiNA (Fig. 1N vs 1M), fifth AbDomiNAl veNtRite withoUt sUbmARgiNAl sUlcUs (Not As iN PAlAeARctic MelAmbiiNA; Figs 1I, J) AND pARAmeRes of AeDeAgUs DeeplY sepARAteD iN the ApicAl pARt (Not meRgeD As iN PAlAeARctic MelAmbiiNA; e.g., Fig. 1B, C).

Notes

Published as part of Kamiński, Marcin Jan, 2017, Afrotropical Melambiina: revision of the genus Tragardhus Koch, 1956 and redescription of Pseudemmallus Koch, 1956 (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini), pp. 71-93 in Zootaxa 4347 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1044878

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tenebrionidae
Genus
Tragardhus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Koch
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Tragardhus Koch, 1956 sec. Kamiński, 2017

References

  • Koch, C. (1956) Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. II. Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera, Polyphaga), Opatrinae, First part: Platynotini, Litoborini and Loensini. M. Hayez, Bruxelles, 472 pp.
  • Kulzer, H. (1963) Verzeichnis des Typenmaterials der Tenebri-onidensammlung des Museums G. Frey. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 14, 375 - 434.
  • Iwan, D. (2004) A comparative study of male genitalia in Opatrinae sensu Medvedev (1968) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with notes on the reinterpreted tribal classification. Part II. Annales Zoologici, 54, 735 - 765.
  • Banaszkiewicz, M. (2006) Comparative study of female genitalia in Pedinini sensu Iwan 2004 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pedinini), with notes on the classification. Annales Zoologici, 56, 59 - 77.
  • Kaminski, M. J. (2011) Catalogue of the World Melambiina Mulsant et Rey, 1854 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pedinini). Annales Zoologici, 61, 281 - 333.