Description of a new species of the genus Tophoderes Dejean (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from east Madagascar, with images of all Madagascan species of the genus
Author
Trýzna, Miloš
text
Zootaxa
2017
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3
377
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journal article
37291
10.5281/zenodo.250320
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1175-5326
250320
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Tophoderes
Dejean, 1834
Recognition.
Head comparatively long, rostrum longer, extended apically, with one central longitudinal carina, without depression in the middle.
Eyes
spherical, not emarginate.
Antennae
of males reaching to posterior margin of pronotum or longer (two last antennomeres can extend beyond this margin), antennae of females shorter, not reaching posterior margin of pronotum.
Funicle
thick, robust, antennal club 3-segmented.
Pronotum
with or without forward oriented spine on lateral side; slightly transverse, dorsal transverse carina distinct.
Large-sized
species, from
11 mm
(small specimens of
T. sinuatocollis
Jordan
, 1895
) to more than
32 mm
(
T. annulatus
Waterhouse, 1875
;
T. murinus
Alluaud, 1899
).
For
comparative purposes all known species of the genus in
Madagascar
are illustrated in
Figures
1–4
and
11–22
.