Tragardhus Koch, 1956

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, 2017, Afrotropical Melambiina: revision of the genus Tragardhus Koch, 1956 and redescription of Pseudemmallus Koch, 1956 (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini), Zootaxa 4347 (1), pp. 71-93 : 82

Subgenus Tragardhus Koch, 1956

Tragardhus Koch, 1956: 369 .— Kulzer 1963: 431, Iwan 2004: 739, Kamiński 2011: 321.

Type species. Tragardhus (Tragardhus) glandipleurum Koch, 1956 ; bY oRigiNAl DesigNAtioN.

Diagnosis. This sUbgeNUs wAs eRecteD bAseD oN UNiqUe (withiN MelAmbiiNA) stRUctURes of pRoNotUm AND elYtRA ( Koch 1956): ceNteR of pRoNotAl Disc with A pAiR of sUbpARAllel RoUNDeD cARiNAe ( Fig. 2A ); epipleURoN DilAteD ApicAllY, with RoUNDish AlveolA At the level of foURth veNtRite ( Fig. 2C ). Both NewlY DescRibeD species fit withiN this tAxoNomic coNcept. FoR otheR chARActeRs sepARAtiNg this sUbgeNUs fRom Mitragardhus see the iDeNtificAtioN keY.

Species included (5). T. (T.) biapicalis Koch, 1956 , T. (T.) glandipleurum Koch, 1956 , T. (T.) jani sp. nov., T. (T.) majae sp. nov. AND T. (T.) stigmaticus Koch, 1956 .

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FIGURE 2. Diagnostic characters proposed for Mitragardhus, Tragardhus and chosen species. Pronotal disc (A, B, C), epipleuron (C), 5 th abdominal ventrite (D, E), elytral disc (F, H, I), metatibia (G) and protibia (J). Tragardhus (Tragardhus) biapicalis Koch, 1956 (I), T. (T.) glandipleurum Koch, 1956 (A, E, H, J), T. (Mitragardhus) ewae sp. nov. (B, F) and T. (M.) nodosus Koch, 1956 (D, G). White arrow indicates a characteristic apex of the metatibia of T. (M.) nodosus.