Bambara edwardi
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Ptiliidae
Genus: Bambara
Name
Bambara edwardi Darby, Michael, 2014 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Bambara edwardi Darby, Michael, 2014, Zootaxa 3895: 158-158.
Description
Male: No males known. Female: Spermathecae Figs. 27–29.
Etymology
Etymology. Named after my elder son who has been very helpful to me in the field.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Based on the form of the spermatheca which is only likely to be confused with lanquidula but the bend in edwardi is much tighter and the arm close to the pump longer. edwardi is also a larger species than lanquidula and noticeably more yellow.
Materials Examined
Type data: Holotype: ♀, Andasibe N.P., Circuit Indri 2, sifting, 20.xi. 2010, S.Rahanitriniaina (BMNH). Paratypes: 4 exs [38], same data as holotype; ♀ [9], Andasibe N.P. border, ASB/ Nov 2011, sifting leaf litter, Winkler app. extr., 29.xi. 2011. L.S. Rahanitriniaina (BMNH); ♀, Andasibe N.P., ASB/07/ 2011,shallow ravine, sifting, Winkler app. extr. S. 18 ° 56 ' 50.5 " E. 48 ° 25 ' 20.4 ", 947 m, 11.iv. 2011, L.S. Rahanitriniaina (BMNH); 2 ♀. Andasibe N.P. Belle Vue, ASB/ May/ 2011 /04, sifting forest litter, Winkler app. extr. S. 18 ° 56 ' 45.3 " E. 48 ° 25 ' 21.1 ", 1033 m, 2.v. 2011, L.S. Rahanitriniaina (BMNH); 2 exs [3], Andasibe N.P., sifting forest litter, Winkler app. extr., S. 18 ° 56 '09.5" E. 48 ° 25 '08.2", 943 m, 11.iv. 2011, P.Banar & L.S. Rahanitriniaina (BMNH); ♀ Vohimana Reservation experimentale, VOH/ Nov. 2011 /01, sifting forest litter, Winkler app. extr., 27.xi. 2011, L.S. Rahanitriniaina & P. Banar (BMNH); FIGURES 1–9. Bambara spp. habitus. 1, B. problematica; 2, B. secubita; 3, B. edwardi; 4, B. lanquidula; 5, B. opaca; 6, B. verecunda; 7, B. thomasi; 8, B. merina; 9, B. dybasi.
Taxon Treatment
- Darby, Michael; 2014: Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 4: The genus Bambara including eight new species and the first account of blindness and aptery in the genus, Zootaxa 3895: 158-158. doi
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