Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892

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Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892

Trypoxylon scutifrons n.sp.: DE SAUSSURE 1892: 522 (key), 523 (descr., Madagascar), pl. 25

(figs 18, 18a). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : DE DALLA TORRE 1897: 708 (cat.). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : KOHL 1906: 20 (tax.), 201 (cat.), 202 (key,

Madagascar).

Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : KOHL 1909: 373 ( Madagascar). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : TURNER 1911: 373 ( Seychelles). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : BORDAGE 1912: 51 (biol.), 58 (tax., biol., Réunion), 59

(descr.), 64 (fig. 4), 68 (biol.), pls 1 (fig. 2). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : VON SCHULTHEss 1919: 48 ( Madagascar). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : RICHARDS 1934: 338 (tax.), 344 (biol., Réunion). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : ARNOLD 1945: 7 (key), 8 (key), 14 (tax., Madagascar),

15 (figs 12, 12a). Trypoxylon saitifrons (!) DE SAUSSURE, 1892: VESEY- FITZGERALD 1950: 75 (biogeogr.), 80 (biol.,

Seychelles). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1890 : WILLIAMS 1958: 123 ( Mauritius). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : LECLERCQ 1960: 99 (tax., biol., Madagascar). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : LECLERCQ 1961c: 101 (tax., Madagascar). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 347 (cat.). Trypoxylon scutifrons scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : TSUNEKI 1978: 6 (key), 7 (key), 76 (tax.,

descr., Madagascar), 77 (table 16: tax.), 79 (figs 323-326), 86 (tax.). Trypoxylon scutifrons scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : TSUNEKI 1981b: 47 (fig. 173), 97

(biogeogr.). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : MADL, MATYOT & SCHÖDL 1996: 833 ( Seychelles). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : MADL 1997: 820 ( Madagascar), 821 (cat. Madagascar

(Nosy Boraha)). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : MADL 2001: 1110 ( Seychelles). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : PULAWSKI 2003: 798 (cat. Madagascar). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : MADL 2013: 295 (tax., biol., Seychelles, cat.

Seychelles). Trypoxylon scutifrons DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : GERLACH 2013: 364 (red list Seychelles). * Trypoxylon scutifrons aldabranum n.ssp.: TSUNEKI 1978: 7 (key), 77 (tab. 16: tax.), 80 (descr.

, Seychelles), 81 (fig. 327), 83 (figs 344, 345). Trypoxylon scutifrons aldabranum TSUNEKI, 1978: TSUNEKI 1981b: 97 (biogeogr.). Trypoxylon scutifrons aldabranum TSUNEKI, 1978: MADL, MATYOT & SCHÖDL 1996: 833 (tax.). Trypoxylon scutifrons aldabranum TSUNEKI, 1978: MADL 2001: 1110 (tax.). * Trypoxylon scutifrons mauritinum n.ssp.: TSUNEKI 1978: 7 (key), 77 (tab. 16: tax.), 83 (descr.,

Mauritius) Trypoxylon scutifrons mauritinum TSUNEKI, 1978: TSUNEKI 1981b: 97 (biogeogr.). * Trypoxylon scutifrons seychellense n.ssp.: TSUNEKI 1978: 7 (key), 77 (tab. 16: tax.), 81 (fig. 328),

84 (descr., Seychelles) Trypoxylon sctifrons (!) seychellense TSUNEKI, 1978 : TSUNEKI 1979: 19 (tax., Seychelles). Trypoxylon scutifrons seychellense TSUNEKI, 1978 : TSUNEKI 1981b: 97 (biogeogr.). Trypoxylon scutifrons seychellense TSUNEKI, 1978 : MADL, MATYOT & SCHÖDL 1996: 833 (tax.)

D i s t r i b u t i o n Seychelles: Inner Seychelles ( Mahé, Praslin), Aldabra Group (Aldabra, Astove) – Madagascar: Prov. Mahajanga: Tsaramandroso – Prov. Antananarivo: Andrangoloaka, Andronobe, Antananarivo – Prov. Toamasina: Anosibe, Ivondro, Toamasina, Iles aux Prunes, Nosy Boraha (Sainte Marie) – Prov. Fianarantsoa: Ifanadiana, Mananjary, Massif d'Isalo – Prov. Toliara: Ampandrandava, Behara, Bekily, Beraketa, Fort Dauphin. – Réunion: Réunion – Mauritius: Mauritius.

Endemic to the Malagasy subregion. The synonymy of the subspecies described by TSUNEKI (1978) is not established formally. The characters of Trypoxylon scutifrons are variable ( LECLERCQ 1960, 1961c).