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Madecorphnus falculoides

Description

Madecorphnus falculoides (Paulian, 1977)

(Figures 3, 8, 20, 31)

Type material

Holotype, male. Antsalova, Antsingy, Nature Reserve no 9, I.1975, A. Peyrieras leg (MNHN).

Paratypes. One male and four females with the same data as the holotype.

Diagnosis

This species is similar to M. montreuili sp. nov. in having the right mandible with a tooth on inner side of scissorial part; it differs from it in the shape of the mandibles (Figure 3) and parameres (Figure 8) and in the absence of tubercles on the mentum.

Notes

Published as part of details, Publication, authors, including instructions for, information, subscription, http, www. tandfonline. com, loi & tnah 20, 2010, Revision of the Madagascan genus Madecorphnus Paulian (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae), pp. 1095-1111 in Journal of Natural History 44 (17 - 18) on page 1100, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003632765, http://zenodo.org/record/5209099

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References

  • Paulian R. 1977. Les Orphnidae de Madagascar. Bull Mus Natl Hist Nat, Paris Ser. 3. 411: 1199 - 1223.