209 lines
22 KiB
XML
209 lines
22 KiB
XML
<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.333.5909" ID-GBIF-Dataset="32a587cb-102e-4384-94a7-260301fb29c1" ID-PMC="PMC3800834" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-333-55" ID-PubMed="24146560" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2013" ModsDocID="1313-2970-333-55" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 333" ModsDocTitle="Malagasyprinus, a new genus of the Saprininae from Madagascar with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Saprininae) (First contribution to the knowledge of the Histeridae of Madagascar)" checkinTime="1451246910222" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Lackner, Tomas & Gomy, Yves" docDate="2013" docId="D6AA1CFC217A9790D73D9E744D6E02BB" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 333: 55-76" docOrigin="ZooKeys 333" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.333.5909" docTitle="Malagasyprinus perrieri Lackner & Gomy, 2013, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="65" masterDocId="FF91FFD6B35BBA0DFFD3623EFFDDFFD0" masterDocTitle="Malagasyprinus, a new genus of the Saprininae from Madagascar with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Saprininae) (First contribution to the knowledge of the Histeridae of Madagascar)" masterLastPageNumber="76" masterPageNumber="55" pageNumber="63" updateTime="1668156485256" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
|
||
<mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
|
||
<mods:titleInfo>
|
||
<mods:title>Malagasyprinus, a new genus of the Saprininae from Madagascar with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Saprininae) (First contribution to the knowledge of the Histeridae of Madagascar)</mods:title>
|
||
</mods:titleInfo>
|
||
<mods:name type="personal">
|
||
<mods:role>
|
||
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
||
</mods:role>
|
||
<mods:namePart>Lackner, Tomas</mods:namePart>
|
||
</mods:name>
|
||
<mods:name type="personal">
|
||
<mods:role>
|
||
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
||
</mods:role>
|
||
<mods:namePart>Gomy, Yves</mods:namePart>
|
||
</mods:name>
|
||
<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
|
||
<mods:relatedItem type="host">
|
||
<mods:titleInfo>
|
||
<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
|
||
</mods:titleInfo>
|
||
<mods:part>
|
||
<mods:date>2013</mods:date>
|
||
<mods:detail type="volume">
|
||
<mods:number>333</mods:number>
|
||
</mods:detail>
|
||
<mods:extent unit="page">
|
||
<mods:start>55</mods:start>
|
||
<mods:end>76</mods:end>
|
||
</mods:extent>
|
||
</mods:part>
|
||
</mods:relatedItem>
|
||
<mods:location>
|
||
<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.333.5909</mods:url>
|
||
</mods:location>
|
||
<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
|
||
<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.333.5909</mods:identifier>
|
||
<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-333-55</mods:identifier>
|
||
</mods:mods>
|
||
<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152047834" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4F10C7F4-46B8-40D1-89DB-8CDD8A1CFD8B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6AA1CFC217A9790D73D9E744D6E02BB" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="65" pageId="8" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="nomenclature">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">
|
||
<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/4F10C7F4-46B8-40D1-89DB-8CDD8A1CFD8B" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="8" pageNumber="63">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
Figs 25-43
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="type locality">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Type locality.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Madagascar.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="type material examined">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Type material examined.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="8" pageNumber="63">
|
||
MADAGASCAR: Holotype, ♂, side-mounted on a triangular point, both antennal flagelli broken off, right fore- and mid legs missing, left mesotarsus missing, with male genitalia extracted and glued to the same mounting point as the specimen, with following labels:
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="“♂”">"♂"</normalizedToken>
|
||
(printed), followed by light-green rectangular label, printed: "MUSEUM PARIS / MADAGASCAR / col. Perrier de la Bathie / 1906"; followed by hand-written label: "Saprinus / perrieri sp. n." with a consecutive red label, printed: "
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">
|
||
<pageBreakToken pageId="9" pageNumber="64" start="start">Malagasyprinus</pageBreakToken>
|
||
perrieri
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
/ sp. n. Det. T. Lackner & / Y. Gomy 2013 HOLOTYPE" (MNHN). Paratypes: 31 exs., same data as holotype (MNHN); 1 ♂, with following labels:
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="“♂”">"♂"</normalizedToken>
|
||
(written); "Madagascar N. Ouest / Ankarafantsika Ampisoro / 30.xi.1973 (written)"; "battage
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="d’arbustes">d'arbustes</normalizedToken>
|
||
/ (L.
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Linarès">Linares</normalizedToken>
|
||
rec.) (written); "Collection / Y. Gomy (printed)"; "
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
/ sp. n. Det. T. Lackner & / Y. Gomy 2013 PARATYPE" (red label, printed)" (CYG); 2 ♀♀, with following labels:
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="“♀”">"♀"</normalizedToken>
|
||
(written); "Madagascar N-Ouest / Ankarafantsika / Ampisoro 30.xi.1973 (printed label with black frame)"; "battage
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="d’arbustes">d'arbustes</normalizedToken>
|
||
/ (
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="LLinarès">LLinares</normalizedToken>
|
||
rec.) (printed label with black frame)"; "Collection / Y. Gomy (printed)"; "
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
/ sp. n. Det. T. Lackner & / Y. Gomy 2013 PARATYPE" (red label, printed)" (CYG); 1 ♀, with the same labels as preceding, with an additional round, written label: "Photo / No 4 / 1
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="ére">ere</normalizedToken>
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="série”">serie"</normalizedToken>
|
||
; 3 ♂♂, ibid (two of the male PT are sputter coated with gold) (CYG); 1 ♀, "MADAGASCAR: Mahajanga / Province, Parc National de / Baie de Baly, 12.4 km 337° / NNW Soalala, elev. 10m / 26-30 Nov. 2002 (printed)"; "
|
||
<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-16.01">16°00'36"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="45.265">045°15'54"E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
/ coll. Fischer, Grislwold et al. / California Acad. of Sciences / pitfall trap - in tropical dry / forest, coll. code: BLF6815 (printed)"; "CASENT / 8065522" (CAS); 1 ♀, same data, but "CASENT / 8065523" (CAS); 1 ♀, same data, but "CASENT / 8065521" (CAS); 1 ♀, same data, but "CASENT / 8065524" (CAS); 1 ♂, same data, but "CASENT / 8065520" (CYG); 1 ♂, same data, but "CASENT / 8065525" (TLAN); 1 ♀, same data, but "CASENT / 8065526" (TLAN); 1 ♀, same data, but "CASENT / 8065519" (TLAN); 1 ♀, same data, but "CASENT / 8065518" (CYG); 1 ♀, same data, but "CASENT / 8065517" (CYG).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="65" pageId="9" pageNumber="64" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="64">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="65" pageId="9" pageNumber="64">
|
||
Body measurements: PEL: 2.20-2.60 mm; APW: 0.90-1.00 mm; PPW: 1.75-2.15 mm; EL: 1.25-1.50 mm; EW: 2.00-2.50 mm. Very similar to the preceding species, differing mainly by larger size; lighter color of legs and antennae (those of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">
|
||
<pageBreakToken pageId="10" pageNumber="65" start="start">Malagasyprinus</pageBreakToken>
|
||
perrieri
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are brown to dark brown whereas those of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus caeruleatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeruleatus">Malagasyprinus caeruleatus</taxonomicName>
|
||
are rufescent; compare Figs 1-2 and 26-27) deeper longitudinal pronotal depression, sparser elytral punctuation (in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
the elytral striae are more discernible whereas they are almost completely obliterated by punctuation in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus caeruleatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeruleatus">Malagasyprinus caeruleatus</taxonomicName>
|
||
); furthermore, the elytral
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="‘mirror’">'mirror'</normalizedToken>
|
||
is often larger and less densely punctate in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
whereas it is tiny and often densely punctate in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus caeruleatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeruleatus">Malagasyprinus caeruleatus</taxonomicName>
|
||
(compare Figs 1 and 26). The shape the of carinal prosternal striae is likewise different between the two species, see comments to the preceding species and compare Figs 8 and 32. Aedeagi of the two species are markedly different: that one of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus caeruleatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeruleatus">Malagasyprinus caeruleatus</taxonomicName>
|
||
is apically split in two inwardly curved halves resembling a
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="snake’s">snake's</normalizedToken>
|
||
tongue and that one of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
is simply pointed apically and not split (compare Figs 18 and 40). From the following new species,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be best distinguished by shallower longitudinal pronotal depression (the one of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
is the deepest among the three), the area of the pronotum covered by deep longitudinal wrinkles is the largest in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
, occupying almost the entire pronotal disk, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
it covers mostly the lateral pronotal depression and the surface around it; furthermore, the elytral
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="‘mirror’">'mirror'</normalizedToken>
|
||
is much smaller in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
than in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
, where it is proportionally the largest among the three taxa, and almost impunctate (compare Figs 26 and 44). The prosternal processes of the two species are likewise different: the carinal prosternal striae of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
are medially slightly approximate and rather narrowly separated, whereas those of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
are not approximate medially, widely separated and slightly divergent anteriorly (compare Figs 32 and 50). The prosternal process of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
is slightly depressed on its apical two-thirds, whereas that of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
is even. Male aedeagi (Figs 40 and 60) are similar between
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but the shape of 8th sternite is different among species: in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
it is slightly more narrowing apically whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
it is almost running parallel-sided (compare also Figs 35-36 and 53-54).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
Figures 35-43. male terminalia
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. 35 8th sternite and tergite, ventral view 36 ditto, dorsal view 37 9th and 10th tergite, dorsal view 38 ditto, lateral view 39 8th sternite and tergite, lateral view 40 aedeagus, dorsal view 41 ditto, lateral view 42 spiculum gastrale, ventral view 43 ditto, lateral view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
Figures 44-45.
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. 44 habitus, dorsal view 45 ditto, ventral view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
Figures 46-52. SEM micrographs
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. 46 habitus, dorsal view 47 ditto, ventral view 48 mentum, ventral view 49 head, dorsal view 50 prosternum 51 propygydium and pygidium 52 protibia, ventral view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
Figures 53-61. male terminalia
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus diana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diana">Malagasyprinus diana</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. 53 8th sternite and tergite, ventral view 54 ditto, dorsal view 55 ditto, lateral view 56 9th sternite and tergite, dorsal view 57 ditto, lateral view 58 spiculum gastrale, ventral view 59 ditto, lateral view 60 aedeagus, dorsal view 61 ditto, lateral view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="65" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus perrieri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrieri">Malagasyprinus perrieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known from two localities, both situated in the region of Boeny, north-western Madagascar; see also Fig. 62 for the distribution of the three species).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
Figures 62. Map of distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Malagasyprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Malagasyprinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Malagasyprinus</taxonomicName>
|
||
gen. n.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="65" type="biology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Biology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">This species has been collected by beating the thickets as well as by pitfall trapping in tropical dry forest.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="65" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">The specimens from Ankarafantsika (Ampisoro) slightly differ from those from national park of Baie de Baly in their punctuation of the ventral side of the body, but we regard these differences as variation between the two populations as the male genitalia are constant.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="65" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="65">
|
||
Patronymic, named in the honor of the first collector of this taxon, French botanist Henri Perrier de La
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bâthie">Bathie</normalizedToken>
|
||
(1873-1958) well-known for his numerous studies of the Madagascar flora, who nonetheless collected also insects, currently deposited at MNHN.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |