Thysanotus spinosus Alluaud 1936

Kavanaugh, David H. & Rainio, Johanna, 2016, Twenty-six New Species of Predaceous Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae) from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (7), pp. 201-268 : 234

Thysanotus spinosus Alluaud 1936

This species was described on the basis of a single female specimen (holotype in MNHN). Neither Jeannel (1949) nor Deuve (2010) has a male specimen of this species available for study. We take this opportunity to provide digital photographs of the median lobe of the genitalia ( Figs. 18B,D ) from a male collected in RNP to complement the illustrations of other Thysanotus species provided by Jeannel (1949) and Deuve (2010).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Digital images of aedeagus of male genitalia. A, C. Left lateral aspect; B, D. Dorsal aspect. A–B. Holotype male of Thysanotus bimaculatoides Kavanaugh & Rainio sp. nov.; B, D. Thysanotus spinosus Alluaud (from Ranomafana National Park). Scale lines = 0.5 mm.