Alphitobius limbalis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Alphitobius
Name
Alphitobius limbalis Fairmaire, 1901 – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type specimens examined
Without any data, 1 female “cotype” NHMB (Gebien collection).
Remarks
It seems doubtful to the authors, if the above listed female (body length 6 mm) without any data is really a type specimen. Other material of this taxon is unknown to the authors. The species is said to be similar to Alphitobius luctuosus (synonym of Alphitobius crenatus (Klug, 1833) (Fairmaire 1901[1]), but is characterised by larger body size (6 mm), rounder pronotum and larger punctures in elytral striae.
Type locality
“Bélumbé”.
Distribution
Madagascar.
Taxon Treatment
- Schawaller, W; Grimm, R; 2014: The genus Alphitobius Stephens (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alphitobiini) in Africa and adjacent islands ZooKeys, 415: 169-190. doi
Other References
- ↑ Fairmaire L (1901) Matériaux pour la faune coléoptèrique de la region malgache, 11e note. Revue d’Entomologie 20: 101–248.
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