Acrotrichis tampoketsae
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Ptiliidae
Genus: Acrotrichis
Name
Acrotrichis tampoketsae Darby, Michael, 2014 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Acrotrichis tampoketsae Darby, Michael, 2014, Zootaxa 3866: 197-198.
Description
Male: ventrite six Fig. 32 G; aedeagus Fig. 32 E. Female: spermatheca Fig. 32 D.
Etymology
Etymology. Johnson ms name after the Plateau where the MM specimen was found.
Discussion
Remarks. The convex shape and form of the spermatheca will immediately separate this distinctive species from all others.
Materials Examined
Type data. Holotype: ♀, Ambohitantely SR, ABT/ Sept. 2011 /04, 1570 m, S. 18 ° 11 ’ 46.4 " E. 47 ° 17 ’09.9", 1.ix. 2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina (BMNH). Paratypes: 15 examples, same data as holotype; ♀, Ambohitantely Spec. Res., ABT/ Nov/ 2011 / 10, sifting forest litter under palm tree, Winkler app. extr., 1600 m, 18.xi. 2011, P. Banar (BMNH); 1 ♀, Plateau de Tampoketsa, 1,500 m, 11.iv. 1969, mountain forest, leg. H. Franz (MM).
Taxon Treatment
- Darby, Michael; 2014: Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: The genus Acrotrichis including twenty seven new species, Zootaxa 3866: 197-198. doi
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