A New Genus and Species of Darkling Beetles of the Tribe Helopini Coleoptera Tenebrionidae from Turkey Entomological Review 90 9 1215 1218
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2010
Yazarlar: Maxim Nabozhenko, Bekir KESKİN
Entomological Review, AHCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2010, cilt 90, ss 1215-1218
Özet
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">A new genus and species </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Italic";">Microdocnemis xerophilicus </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">gen. et sp. n. of the tenebrionid-beetle tribe Hel- opini is described from southwestern Turkey. The new genus belongs to the cylindrinotoid group of genera and is closely related to the genus </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Italic";">Odocnemis </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Allard, 1876 in the structure of the male genitalia and female genital tubes and in the denticulation of the inner margin of the fore tibia. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Italic";">Microdocnemis </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">differs from </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Italic";">Odocnemis </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">in the follow- ing characters: body very weakly flattened dorsally and ventrally; apical part of elytra, body ventrally, and epipleura with hairs; anal sternite with double bordering; apical margins of tibiae with short thick spines. The only species of the new genus inhabits xerophytic stony biotopes and has been found under stones; the species of the genus </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Italic";">Odocnemis </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">live on tree trunks covered with lichens.</span></p></div></div></div>