A new species of Brachylepis Kolbe, 1894 from Tanzania (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini)
Author
Sehnal, Richard
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-01
4377
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291
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journal article
30862
10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.9
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1175-5326
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Brachylepis werneri
Lacroix, 2009
(
Figs. 1B, 1E
,
2D–F
,
3B, 3E, 3H
,
4B
)
Material
studied.
Tanzania
,
Handeni
,
14.iii. 2002
,
M. Snížek
, one female (
31.8 mm
), deposited in
Richard Sehnal
collection,
Velenice
, Czech Republic.
Tanzania
,
Iringa
,
SE Rusha National Park
,
13–17.xii. 2014
,
M. Bednařík
, one male (
27.1 mm
), deposited in
Richard Sehnal
collection,
Velenice
, Czech Republic.
Note.
Previously, this species was known only from the
type
series collected in
Ethiopia
(Sidamo). The above mentioned specimens represent new distributional records for
Tanzania
. Detailed photographs of the species are presented for the first time.