Anisarthrocera Semenov, 1895

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33. Anisarthrocera Semenov, 1895

Type species. Rhampholyssa batesi Marseul, 1871 , by monotypy (see Selander, 1991). 2 spp.

Geographic distribution. Iraq, S Iran, Saudi Arabia, N Somalia.

References

Taxonomy. Semenov (1895b); Kaszab (1951b catalogue; 1968b); Bologna (1990, 1991a).

Bionomics. Bologna (1990); Dvorak (1996a).

Notes

The separation of Anisarthrocera from Diaphorocera , a Saharan genus, needs con rmation (see Bologna, 1990). The two species of Anisarthrocera are quite diVerent from one another. A. batesi , a polytypic species, is distinctive and characterized by the shape of male foretibiae which bears a basal digitiform appendage. A. semirufa (Fairmaire, 1882) from N Somalia has unmodi ed tibiae and is diYcult to distinguish from Diaphorocera . Contrary to Kaszab (1951b), frontal calli are found in both Anisarthrocera and Diaphorocera and cannot be used to separate them.