Acrotrichis barclayi
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Ptiliidae
Genus: Acrotrichis
Name
Acrotrichis barclayi Darby, Michael, 2014 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Acrotrichis barclayi Darby, Michael, 2014, Zootaxa 3866: 164-164.
Description
Male: ventrite six with four spines Fig. 6 H; ventrite seven Fig. 6 G; aedeagus Fig. 6 D. Female: spermatheca Fig. 6 E.
Etymology
Etymology. I am pleased to name this species after Maxwell Barclay, Curator and Collection Manager, Entomology: Coleoptera and Hemiptera at the BMNH without whose encouragement and help this research would not have been possible.
Discussion
Remarks. The very large size, long and thin antennae and the form of the mesoventral collar will quickly distinguish this species from all others except superbioides from which it may be separated by its larger, broader form and the shallower curvature of the pronotal sides.
Materials Examined
Type data. Holotype: ♀, Ranomafana N.P., sifting, S. 21 ˚ 14 ’ 51 ” E. 47 ˚ 24 ’ 13 ”, 1079m, 16–18.xi. 2010, P. Banar (BMNH). Paratypes: 1 ♀, Perinet, 15.iv. 1969, forest of transition, 928m, leg. H. Franz (MM); 44 examples, Ranomafana N.P., RNF/06/ 2011, sifting litter in ravine along road, S. 21 ˚ 14 ’ 51.8 ” E. 47 ˚ 24 ’ 12.1 ”, 1065 m, 14.iv. 2011, P. Banar (BMNH); 1 ♀, Ranomafana, Talatakely, malaise trap, S. 21 ˚. 26 ’ E. 47 ˚ 42 ’, 1000 m4–7.xii. 2004, D.Lees et al. (BMNH); 18 examples, Ranomafana N.P., Vatoharanana RNF Sept 2012 /09 GPS 209, sifting litter, Winkler app. extraction. S. 21 ˚ 16 ’ 59.7 ” E. 47 ˚ 25 ’. 30.3 ”, 1126m, 5.x. 2012, L.S.Rahanitriniaina (BMNH); Ankarafantsika N.P., AKF/05/ 2011, sifting forest litter, Winkler app. extr. S. 16 ˚ 18 ’05.1” E. 46 ˚ 49 ’08.3”, 89m, 23.iv. 2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina & R.Raveloson (BMNH).
Taxon Treatment
- Darby, Michael; 2014: Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: The genus Acrotrichis including twenty seven new species, Zootaxa 3866: 164-164. doi
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