Adoretus aurantiacus Benderitter, 1922

Limbourg, Pol, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Rutelinae IV (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 38, pp. 1-42 : 1-42

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13272672

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB8C1B-FFBB-770A-FD9C-7E067669EA19

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scientific name

Adoretus aurantiacus Benderitter, 1922
status

 

Adoretus aurantiacus Benderitter, 1922 View in CoL

(Figs 55-56, 59-60)

Adoretus aurantiacus BENDERITTER, 1922: 80 View in CoL [aedeagus illustrated] 85 [described]; MACHATSCHKE, 1965a: 86 [catalogued]; MACHATSCHKE, 1972: 322 [catalogued]; KRAJCIK, 2007: 10 [catalogued].

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Holotype ♂: [HOLOTYPUS] [Musée du Congo, Congo da Lemba, V.1911, R. Mayné] [R. Dét. 602 K] [ Adoretus aurantiacus Type ♂ E. Benderitter, det.] ( MRAC).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. Cameroon: 2♂, 8♀: Ngoundéré-Bini- Dang, III-IV.2003, Leg. M. Dorgmo ( RBINS) ; Democratic Republic of Congo: 1♂: P. N. Garamba, 04.II.1951, Miss. H. De Saeger, II /gd/4, Réc. H. De Saeger 1201 ( PCPL) ; 1♂, 1♀: P. N. Garamba, 10.III.1951, Mission H. De Saeger, Réc. H. De Saeger, 1359 ( MRAC) ; 1♂: P. N. Garamba, Mabanga , 25.III.1952, Mission H. De Saeger, H. De Saeger, 3220 ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Haut Uele, Moto, 1923, L. Burgeon ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Haut Uele , Yebo-Moto, 03.III.1926, L. Burgeon ( MRAC) ; 1♀: Haut Uele , Yebo-Moto, Tora, III.1926, L. Burgeon ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Sesenge , Tomati, 25.III.1930, A. Collart ( RBINS) ; 2♂: Libenge , savane Liki-Bembe, 05.III.1948 ( RBINS) ; 1♂: idem, 06.III.1948 ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Faradje , Angodra, 19.II.1930, Leg. A. Collart ( RBINS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Currently known from Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo.

BIOLOGY. The species was collected in the months February to April.

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Adoretus

Loc

Adoretus aurantiacus Benderitter, 1922

Limbourg, Pol 2016
2016
Loc

Adoretus aurantiacus BENDERITTER, 1922: 80

KRAJCIK M. 2007: 10
MACHATSCHKE J. W. 1972: 322
MACHATSCHKE J. W. 1965: 86
BENDERITTER E. 1922: 80
1922
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