Helictopleurus viettei Paulian & Cambefort, 1984

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Helictopleurus viettei Paulian & Cambefort, 1984 Figure 3A-E

Helictopleurus viettei Paulian & Cambefort 1984: 113; Montreuil 2005a: 133.

Type material examined.

Holotype, female: "Madagascar Ouest, réserve spéciale du Zombitsy, Est de Sakaraha, matsabory, 640m, 13.II.1974, P. viette et A. Peyrieras / Holotype Helictopleurus viettei n. sp. R. Paulian et Y. Cambefort det. 1984 / HOLOTYPE" (MNHN).

Paratype, female: same data as holotype, except the collection date: “7-10.II.1974” (MNHN).

Distribution.

Only known from south-western Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana region).

Figures

Figure 3. Helictopleurus viettei A, B habitus of male (A) and female (B) C, D lateral and anterior view of the aedeagus; basoventral lobes (BVLb) E endophallus: endophallic spines (EpS); superior (SpLC) and inferior (IpLC) part of the lamella copulatrix. Helictopleurus pluristriatus F dorsal habitus of the holotype G lateral view of the aedeagus.