Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa
Author
Kamiński, Marcin Jan
text
Zootaxa
2017
4236
1
183
193
journal article
36470
10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.11
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Genus
Atrocrates
Koch, 1956
Atrocrates
Koch, 1956
: 82
.
Type species.
Trigonopus platyderus
Mulsant and Rey, 1853
(by original designation).
Revised diagnosis.
This genus can be distinguished from other representatives of the trigonopoid Platynotina by the following character combination: antennomeres from 7th to 11th transverse; medial lobe of mentum hexagonal, narrowing towards apex, with median keel (
Fig. 4
C); punctation of pronotal disc invisible or fine (
Fig. 4
B); pronotal base straight or slightly sinusoidal, anterior and basal borders of pronotum complete, lateral border of pronotum widened basally and relatively broad (
Fig. 4
B); elytral base straight or slightly sinusoidal (
Fig. 4
F); and protibiae widened towards apex (
Fig. 4
E).
Notes.
The most recent identification key to the species of
Atrocrates
was published by
Iwan (1998c)
, and includes most of the previously named species, except:
A. bellamyi
Iwan, 1999
,
A. coconatae
Kamiński, 2011
,
A. gansbaaiensis
Iwan and Ferrer, 2000
,
A. galbasi
Iwan 2016
;
A. matthewsi
Iwan, 2016
;
A. medvedevi
Iwan and Ferrer, 2000
,
A. nudus
Iwan and Ferrer, 2000
,
A. robertsoniensis
Iwan, 1999
. The same author recently proposed a subdivision of this genus into species groups (
Iwan 2016
).
Species included (34).
A. bisinuatus
Koch, 1956
;
A. bellamyi
Iwan, 1999
;
A. bredasdorpensis
Iwan, 1998
;
A. capensis
Iwan, 1998
;
A. coconatae
Kamiński, 2011
;
A. dentatus
Iwan, 1998
;
A. endrodyi
Iwan, 1998
;
A. evestigator
Iwan, 1998
;
A. formosus
Iwan, 1998
;
A. galbasi
Iwan, 2016
;
A. gansbaaiensis
Iwan and Ferrer, 2000
;
A. garbarczyki
Iwan, 1998
;
A. kandai
sp. nov.
;
A. largus
Iwan, 1998
;
A. latemarginatus
Mulsant & Rey, 1853
;
A. libidinosus
Iwan, 1998
;
A. matthewsi
Iwan, 2016
;
A. medvedevi
Iwan and Ferrer, 2000
;
A. metasimius
Iwan, 1998
;
A. montiscedri
Koch, 1956
;
A. nudus
Iwan and Ferrer, 2000
;
A. occultator
Iwan, 1998
;
A. ordinarius
Iwan, 1998
;
A. oweni
Iwan, 1998
;
A. peringueyi
Koch, 1956
;
A. platyderus
Mulsant & Rey, 1853
;
A. pliskoae
Iwan, 1998
;
A. podagricus
Koch, 1956
;
A. robertsonensis
;
A. robustus
Iwan, 1998
;
A. simius
Mulsant & Rey, 1853
;
A. sinuosus
Iwan, 1998
;
A. smithi
sp. nov.
;
A. splendidus
Iwan, 1998
;
A. striatus
(Quensel, 1806)
.