A new species of Crypticanus Fairmaire, 1897 from South Africa, with a key to the known species [Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platynotini]

• Autorzy: Iwan D
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

South African species, Crypticanus knysnaiensis sp. nov., of the trigonopoid Platynotina is described and illustrated. Melanapterus amicus Koch, 1956 is transferred to Crypticanus Fairmaire, 1897. Key determination for all known species of the genus Crypticanus Fairmaire is provided.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

zoology; Platynotini; South Africa; Tenebrionidae; Crypticanus knysnaiensis; new species; Coleoptera; entomology; taxonomy; Crypticanus

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Annales Zoologici
• Rocznik: 2001
• Tom: 51
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.65-71,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Iwan D

• Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland

Bibliografia

• Fairmaire, L. 1897. Coléoptères nouveaux de l’Afrique intertropicale et australe. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 66: 109-152.
• Iwan, D. 1997. Revision of the trigonopoid Platynotina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Platynotini). Part I. Genera Amblychirus Koch, Melanopterus Mulsant et Rey, Selinopodus Koch and Trigonopus Mulsant et Rey. Annales Zoologici, 47(3/4): 441-464.
• Iwan, D. 1999. Revision of the trigonopoid Platynotina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Platynotini) from South Africa. Part V. Genera Crypticanus Fairmaire, 1897 and Atrocrypticanus gen. nov. Annales Zoologici, 49(1/2): 55-76.
• Koch, C. 1956. Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba. II. Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera, Polyphaga), Opatrinae, First part: Platynotini, Litoborini and Loensini. 40, 472 pp., 282 ff., 35 pls., Bruxelles.