Ebenacobius atratus Haran & Benoit & Procheş & Kergoat 2022
Authors/Creators
- 1. CBGP, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, INRAe, IRD, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France.
- 2. Centre for Functional Biodiversity and Discipline of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
- 3. CBGP, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Institut Agro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Description
Ebenacobius atratus (Hesse, 1929) gen. et comb. nov.
Derelomus atratus Hesse, 1929: 525.
Differential diagnosis
Ebenacobius atratus gen. nov. can be distinguished by the combination of appendiculate claws and elytra with distinct but recumbent setae, as long as or shorter than width of interstriae. This species is very close to, if not a synonym of, E. turneri gen. et comb. nov. (see the remarks section under that species). E. atratus has short, not or slightly raised squamiform setae on elytra (long, erect and piliform setae in E. turneri).
Material examined
Holotype (from description) REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA – KwaZulu-Natal Province • ♂; Estcourt.
Remarks
Ebenacobius atratus gen. nov.) was described in the genus Derelomus based on a single male deposited at SAMC (Hesse 1929). This specimen was loaned to Guillermo Kuschel (loan 24018) who undertook a study on palaeotropical Derelomini from 2007. Unfortunately he passed away before he could complete this work and left the very preliminary manuscript and the material borrowed from institutions was partly not recovered (see postscript in Haran et al. 2020). Despite intensive search in the material of Derelomini loaned, the holotype of this species could not be identified and is provisionally considered as lost.
Life history
Unknown.
Distribution
Republic of South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal Province).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Haran & Benoit & Procheş & Kergoat
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Ebenacobius
- Species
- atratus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ebenacobius atratus Haran, 2022 sec. Haran, Benoit, Procheş & Kergoat, 2022
References
- Hesse J. C. 1929. Some new species of Curculionidae from South Africa and South West Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 25: 475 - 536.
- Haran J., Beaudoin-Ollivier L., Benoit L. & Kuschel G. 2020. Revision of the palm-pollinating weevil genus Elaeidobius Kuschel, 1952 (Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Derelomini) with descriptions of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 684: 1 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2020.684