Cryptosphaeroides sp.

Ballerio, Alberto, 2008, Descriptions of two new endemic genera and four new species of Ceratocanthinae (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae) from Madagascar, Zoosystema 30 (3), pp. 605-628 : 618

Cryptosphaeroides sp.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 ♀ ( CASC): “ Madagascar: Mahajanga Prov: Parc national Tsingy de Bemaraha, 2.5 km 62° ENE Bekopaka, Ankidrodroa River, elev. 100 m, 11-15 Nov. 2001 / 19°7’56” S 44°48’53” E, coll. Fisher, Griswold et al., Calif. Academy of Sciences, sifted litter tropical dry forest on Tsingy, collection code: BLF4340” [specimen in good condition, distended and glued on a card].

REMARKS

This single female specimen probably represents a new species, very close to C. ankaranensis n. sp. (which occurs about 800 km north of the Tsingy de Bemaraha), however I prefer not to describe it formally until more material becomes available.