Tophoderes Dejean, 1834

Trýzna, Miloš, 2017, Description of a new species of the genus Tophoderes Dejean (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from east Madagascar, with images of all Madagascan species of the genus, Zootaxa 4221 (3), pp. 377-385 : 378

Tophoderes Dejean, 1834

Recognition. Head comparatively long, rostrum longer, extended apically, with one central longitudinal carina, without depression in the middle. Eyes spherical, not emarginate. Antennae of males reaching to posterior margin of pronotum or longer (two last antennomeres can extend beyond this margin), antennae of females shorter, not reaching posterior margin of pronotum. Funicle thick, robust, antennal club 3-segmented. Pronotum with or without forward oriented spine on lateral side; slightly transverse, dorsal transverse carina distinct. Large-sized species, from 11 mm (small specimens of T. sinuatocollis Jordan, 1895 ) to more than 32 mm ( T. annulatus Waterhouse, 1875 ; T. murinus Alluaud, 1899 ). For comparative purposes all known species of the genus in Madagascar are illustrated in Figures 1–4 and 11–22 .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. 1 – 2, Tophoderes banari Trýzna sp. nov.; 1, male holotype, dorsal habitus; 2, female allotype, dorsal habitus; 3 – 4, Tophoderes annulatus Waterhouse, 1875; 3, male, 29 mm, Ankarampotsy, Tantamala; 4, female, 29 mm, Ambositra.

FIGURES 11 – 16. 11, Tophoderes frenatus (Klug, 1833), 29 mm, Andasibe-Mantadia Nat. Park, Analamazaotra forest; 12, T. lidmilae Trýzna & Baňař, 2015, 27 mm, Montagne d´Ambre Nat. Park, Ambohitra env.; 13, T. funebris (Klug, 1833), 17 mm, Tamatave, forêts d´Alahakato; 14, T. acarinulus Wolfrum, 1959, 17 mm, Maroantsetra; 15, T. nubeculosus Fairmaire, 1888, 23 mm, Baie d´Antongil; 16, T. ferrugatus (Klug, 1833), 23 mm, Tananarivo env.

FIGURES 17 – 22. 17, Tophoderes griseovarius Fairmaire, 1901, 18 mm, Madagascar Sud, vallée d´Ambolo; 18, T. griseipes Fairmaire, 1901, 24 mm, Anjiro; 19, T. murinus Alluaud, 1899, 28 mm, Chaines Anosyennes, Massif nord, Ranomandry; 20, T. sikorae Jordan, 1895, 14 mm, Moramanga; 21, T. fuscoareatus Wolfrum, 1959, 13 mm, Moramanga; 22, T. sinuatocollis Jordan, 1895, 16 mm, Moramanga.