Anomalipus meles Fåhraeus 1870

Small to medium sized; with three to seven welldeveloped elytral carinae, intervals tuberculate. Carination consists of three to seven continuous crests, seconpary carinae are lower or even fragmented. Margins of carinae serrate owing to confluent tubercles. Intervals set with a single, not quite straight row of tubercles. Pronotum with dense to moderately spaced fine but sharp punctures. Anterior tibia of males lacking apicoventral process but denticulate at inner margin.

Detailled description, distribution map and photo in:
Endrody-Younga, S. 1988. Revision of the genus Anomalipus Latreille, 1846
http://the-eis.com/elibrary/sites/default/files/downloads/literature/Revision%20of%20the%20genus%20Anomalipus%20Latreille.pdf
(Description page 75. Distribution map fig. 52)
Plate 20B: https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA090799001_18

Also illustrated in:
Schoeman C. S, Cory Toussaint D, Tshililo P, Foord S. H, Hamer M. 2019. Darkling beetles of the bushveld: an annotated checklist of the Tenebrionidae of the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa (Coleoptera). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29054.33604
Plate 5L: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Colin-Schoeman/publication/337533097_DARKLING_BEETLES_OF_THE_BUSHVELD_AN_ANOTATED_CHECKLIST_OF_THE_TENEBRIONIDAE_OF_THE_VHEMBE_BIOSPHERE_RESERVE_SOUTH_AFRICA_COLEOPTERA/links/5ddcde34458515dc2f4dd964/DARKLING-BEETLES-OF-THE-BUSHVELD-AN-ANOTATED-CHECKLIST-OF-THE-TENEBRIONIDAE-OF-THE-VHEMBE-BIOSPHERE-RESERVE-SOUTH-AFRICA-COLEOPTERA.pdf

Distribution: Eastern South Africa (Mpumalanga, Limpopo), Lesotho, southern Botswana.

Original description in:
Fåhraeus, O. I. 1870. Coleoptera Caffrariae, annis 1838–1845 a J. A. Wahlberg collecta. Heteromera descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 27, 243–358.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38006#page/60/mode/1up
Translated from Latin:
Black, slightly convex. ochreous-pollinose; thorax rounded-enlarged, wrinkled-punctate, the lateral margin depressed, slightly sinuous near the base; elytra suboval, posteriorly sloping, dorsally ribbed, costae 3, 5 and 7 obsolete; anterior tibiae internally multi-dentate, with a medium-sized external tooth. Length 16 mm, width. 10 mm.

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226813825

Publicado el julio 3, 2024 08:15 MAÑANA por traianbertau