Odontolomini Davis, Deschodt & Scholtz, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.7 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:14C9F034-F829-471F-9A64-C0EB88D43B95 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4327861 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/18CFAD2C-3F7F-46EE-AD47-0FCBDF0A2DE7 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:18CFAD2C-3F7F-46EE-AD47-0FCBDF0A2DE7 |
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Felipe |
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Odontolomini Davis, Deschodt & Scholtz |
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trib. nov. |
Tribe Odontolomini Davis, Deschodt & Scholtz View in CoL , new tribe
Type genus. Odontoloma Boheman, 1857 , here designated ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 , 5 View FIGURE 5 ).
Head. Clypeus with a small median tooth flanked by two others; frons and vertex without horns; antenna nine segmented.
Pronotum. More or less flat dorsally; strongly curving downward both anteriorly and laterally; anterio-lateral margins often explanate.
Elytra. Seventh stria or eighth interstria interval partly carinate anteriorly; inflexed pseudepipleuron, epipleuron narrow; metathoracic wings well developed to greatly reduced.
Sterna. Prosternum fairly well developed; metasternum mostly with clear punctures; sutures clearly visible.
Protibia. Front tibia truncate and obtuse, widening apically with three teeth on outside margin.
Meso- and metatibia. Widening apically, with setae.
Pygidium. Basal transverse groove or depression present, groove terminating in a fovea on each side near margin.
Aedeagus. Parameres symmetrical and short.
Body size. All species are small, less than 5 mm in length with some size variation observed within species.
Diagnosis and known distribution. Body oval and moderately convex; black; densely punctate with scattered semi-erect setae; clypeus five-dentate; all tibiae widening anteriorly, anterior tibiae with three denticles, truncated and obtuse. Widespread in the Afrotropical region but with a strong bias in species diversity centred on southern Africa.
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