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Morphostenophanes elegantulus Masumoto & Becvar 2008
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Description
Morphostenophanes elegantulus Masumoto & Bečvář, 2008 ẄIJẎȐAEƤ
(Fig. 34G, H)
Morphostenophanes elegantulus Masumoto & Bečvář, 2008: 207 (type locality: Chiang Mai, Thailand), figs. 2, 7–9; Gao & Ren 2009: 308 (in introduction).
Type material examined. Holotype labelled: ‘Fang Chiang Mai Thailand, 25. VII. I994 leg. Native // Coll. Masumoto 2001 // Holotype Morphostenophanes elegantulus MAS. & BEČ’ (male, NSMT, Fig. 34G), examined through two photograph provided by Kimio Masumoto.
Comparative notes. Morphostenophanes elegantulus can be distinguished from other congeners of elegantulus -group by the major part of its elytra and legs colored dark red brown and strongly shortened female elytra.
Distribution. (Map 1) THAILAND.
Notes
Published as part of Zhou, De-Yao, 2020, A revision of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini), pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4769 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4769.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3797078
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NSMT
- Scientific name authorship
- Masumoto & Becvar
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Tenebrionidae
- Genus
- Morphostenophanes
- Species
- elegantulus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Morphostenophanes elegantulus Masumoto, 2008 sec. Zhou, 2020
References
- Masumoto, K. & Becvar, S. (2008) A study of genera Morphostenophanes Pic and Promorphostenophanes Kaszab (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Entomological Review of Japan, 62 (2), 205 - 211.
- Gao, Z. H. & Ren, G. D. (2009) Taxonomy of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic from China, with two new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 55 (4), 307 - 319.