Cypholoba gracilis scrobiculata
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Genus: Cypholoba
Name
Cypholoba scrobiculata (Bertoloni, 1847) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Anthia scrobiculata Bertoloni (1847[1]:90, type locality “in provincia Inhambanensi Monzambici,” holotype in Accademia della Scienze dell’Istituto Bologna, Italy)
- Polyhirma scrobiculata (Bertoloni) Péringuey (1896[2]:342)
- Cypholoba gracilis scrobiculata (Bertoloni) Strohmeyer (1928[3]:315)
Diagnosis
Apparent body length (ABL) 19–20 mm; similar in general body form and appearance to Cypholoba gracilis gracilis but differing from that subspecies in having the median line of the pronotum not markedly impressed and in having the elytral punctures oval rather than round.
Materials examined
1 specimen from the following locality: RSA: Limpopo Province: Zoutpansberg.
Notes on taxonomy
Based on the rather significant differences in the pronotal and elytral surface sculpture, Cypholoba gracilis scrobiculata may ultimately prove to represent a species distinct from Cypholoba gracilis. A thorough review of the Cypholoba gracilis species complex with a rigorous evaluation of the 41 subspecific taxa proposed by Strohmeyer (1928)[3] is needed.
Taxon Treatment
- Mawdsley, J; Erwin, T; Sithole, H; Mawdsley, A; 2012: A synopsis of the genus Cypholoba Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anthiini) known to occur in the Republic of South Africa ZooKeys, 181: 23-43. doi
Other References
- ↑ Bertoloni G (1847) Sezione di zoologia anatomia comparata e fisiologia. Diario dell’ottavo Congresso degli scienziati Italiani convocati in Genova 1847: 90-91.
- ↑ Péringuey L (1896) Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa, part II. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 7: 99-623.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Strohmeyer G (1928) Systematisches und Zoogeographisches über die Cypholobini (Carab. Anthiinae), ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des afrikanischen Trockenwaldes. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 14(2): 287–462 + 17 pls.
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