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Algodontus Jeannel 1955

Description

Genus Algodontus Jeannel, 1955

[5 spp., South Africa]

Algodontus Jeannel, 1955c: 144; 1964b: 181. Type species: Odontalgus costatus Raffray, 1897 (by original designation).

Algodontus carinatus Jeannel, 1964b: 185.

TL: Natal: tête de source boisée au NW de la Ndedama gorge, 2300 m. TD: HT in TMSA, PT in MNHN and MRAC. Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

Algodontus costatus (Raffray, 1897: 106) (Odontalgus).

TL: Cape Colony (Cape Town, slopes of Table Mountain and Lion’s Rump). TD: ST in MNHN. Distribution: South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape).

Algodontus crassicornis Jeannel, 1964b: 184.

TL: Capland: Beaufort district: forêt de Katberg, 1300 m. TD: HT in TMSA, PT in MNHN and MRAC. Distribution: South Africa (Eastern Cape).

Algodontus kochi Jeannel, 1964b: 186.

TL: Transvaal: District de Pilgrim’s Rest: forêt de Mariepskop, 1400 m. TD: HT in TMSA. Distribution: South Africa (Mpumalanga).

Algodontus leleupi Jeannel, 1964b: 183.

TL: Capland: Caledon district: Sonder End Berg Oubos, à Lindeshof; TD: HT in TMSA, PT in MNHN. Distribution: South Africa (Western Cape).

Notes

Published as part of Yin, Zi-Wei, Newton, Alfred F. & Zhao, Tie-Xiong, 2016, Odontalgus dongbaiensis sp. n. from eastern China, and a world catalog of Odontalgini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), pp. 567-579 in Zootaxa 4117 (4) on page 573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/266080

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Algodontus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Jeannel
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Algodontus Jeannel, 1955 sec. Yin, Newton & Zhao, 2016

References

  • Jeannel, R. (1955 c) Les Pselaphides de l'Afrique australe. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A (Zoologie), 9, 1 - 196.
  • Raffray, A. (1897) Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. - Part IV. Family Pselaphidae. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society, 10, 43 - 130, pls. 16 - 17.
  • Jeannel, R. (1964 b) Revision des Pselaphides de l'Afrique Australe. In: The humicolous fauna of South Africa: Pselaphidae and Catopidae (Coleoptera) (N. Leleup Expedition 1960 - 1961). Transvaal Museum Memoir No. 15. Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, pp. 23 - 217.