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Timomenus aeris Shiraki 1906

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Timomenus aeris (Shiraki, 1906)

Apterygida aeris Shiraki, 1906: 9.

Tinomenus aeris Burr, 1911: 93.

Timomenus taboensis Shiraki, 1928: 23 (synonymized by Brindle, 1969: 245). Timomenus iteratus Steinmann, 1982: 370 (Syn. nov.) Timomenus morsus Steinmann, 1982: 373 (Syn. nov.)

Measurements. Total body: ♀ 14.0; forceps: ♀ 5.0.

Material. 4♀♀, Taiwan, China, 1935. V.27, collected by Ouchi; 1♀, Mushan, Taiwan, China, 1935. VII.6, collected by Ouchi; 1♀, Longhu Mountain, Long’an, Guangxi, China, 1999. VIII.29‒IX.1, collected by Liu Xian- Wei et al ..

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan, Guangxi), Vietnam, Indonesia.

Discussion. In Dermaptera, many species show great variation in the forceps of male. Timomenus morsus Steinmann, 1982 refers to the lighter form of this species, in which the head and pronotum are yellowish. Timomenus iteratus Steinmann, 1982 refers to the f. macrolabia of this species.

Notes

Published as part of Sun, Meiling, Li, Kai & Liu, Xianwei, 2016, Three new species of the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae from China (Dermaptera, Forficulidae), with new synonymies and combinations, pp. 359-371 in Zootaxa 4109 (3) on page 364, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/266075

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFAC31FF913C0CE1B0DC23FBCBFACC

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.6 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/266075 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD6D449FF943C09E127DF75FFDBFFA3 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/2C54621D-7DEC-4492-A41C-96036D85F566 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03EFAC31FF913C0CE1B0DC23FBCBFACC (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/120674142 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/39121/taxon/03EFAC31FF913C0CE1B0DC23FBCBFACC.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Forficulidae
Genus
Timomenus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Dermaptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Shiraki
Species
aeris
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Timomenus aeris Shiraki, 1906 sec. Sun, Li & Liu, 2016

References

  • Shiraki, T. (1906) New Forficuliden and Blattiden Japans. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society, 1 (2), 1 - 14.
  • Burr, M. (1911) Dermaptera. Genera Insectorum, 122, 1 - 105.
  • Shiraki, T. (1928) Demaptera aus dem Kaiserreich Japan. Insecta Matsumurana, 3 (1), 1 - 25.
  • Steinmann, H. (1982) Revision of the genus Timomenus Burr. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 28 (2 - 4), 361 - 378.