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Tragardhus Koch 1956

Description

Key to the subgenera of Tragardhus

1. Body length: 4.5–6.0 mm. Center of pronotal disc with two pairs of rounded carinae (Fig. 2A). Epipleuron dilated apically, with roundish alveola at the level of fourth ventrite (Fig. 2C). Abdomen with fine punctures. Fifth abdominal ventrite simple (Fig. 2E). Second lobe of coxites trapezoidal, much smaller in size than paraproct (Fig. 5A)......... subgenus Tragardhus

-. Body length: 3.0– 4.5 mm. Pronotal disc simple, without rounded carinae (Fig. 2B). Epipleuron evenly narrowed towards apex, without any additional structures (Fig. 1N). Abdomen with coarse punctures. Fifth abdominal ventrite raised in apical third (Fig. 2D). Second lobe of coxites rounded laterally, nearly as large as paraproct (Fig. 5B)......... subgenus Mitragardhus

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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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