Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf) Haaf, 2017

Strümpher, Werner P. & Scholtz, Clarke H., 2017, A new brachypterous species of Phoberus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Trogidae) and status changes of species in the East African P. nigrociliatus group, Zootaxa 4216 (3), pp. 292-298 : 296-297

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.231847

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:60E45FC3-3B3B-44F0-B684-DB1F88F61CED

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6017606

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC5257-FF8B-B036-40D9-2535FED0FEBD

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scientific name

Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf)
status

stat. nov.

Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf) View in CoL new status

( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 –D)

Trox nigrociliatus nyassicus Haaf, 1953: 330 View in CoL Trox (Trox) nigrociliatus nyassicus: Scholtz 1980: 93 View in CoL ; Scholtz 1982: 5 Trox (Phoberus) nigrociliatus nyassicus: Scholtz 1986: 361 View in CoL ; Zidek 2013: 13 Phoberus nigrociliatus nyassicus: Strümpher et al. 2016: 78 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Phoberus nyassicus is very similar to P. nyikanus in appearance, but can be distinguished from the latter by distinct, evenly spaced tubercles on the elytra; P. nyikanus has the tubercles partially fused, forming semicontinuous ridges.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Trogidae

Genus

Phoberus

Loc

Phoberus nyassicus (Haaf)

Strümpher, Werner P. & Scholtz, Clarke H. 2017
2017
Loc

Trox nigrociliatus nyassicus

Strumpher 2016: 78
Zidek 2013: 13
Scholtz 1986: 361
Scholtz 1982: 5
Scholtz 1980: 93
Haaf 1953: 330
1953
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