Mimocellus Wasmann, 1904
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Genus Mimocellus Wasmann, 1904
Figs 79-81 View Figures 79–81
Mimocellus Wasmann, 1904: 11. Type species: Mimocellus trechoides Wasmann, 1904: 12.
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Mimocellus is placed incertae sedis in Tenebrionidae belonging in either Diaperinae or Stenochiinae . Mimocellus contains seven sub-Saharan African species of Tenebrionidae , including several species that are associated with termite nests. In the original description, Wasmann (1904), on the advice of E. von Oertzen, placed the genus near Luprops within the composite group ' Heterotarsini ' based on unspecified similarities in head morphology. More recent treatments of the genus and taxonomic catalogs place Mimocellus in Lupropini ( Schawaller 2005; Robiche et al. 2002; Bouchard et al. 2021).
As with Falsotithassa , examination of antennae clearly excludes Mimocellus from Lagriinae . Mimocellus has distinct patches of complex antennal sensoria (Fig. 80 View Figures 79–81 ). Additionally, the defensive gland reservoirs differ from those found in Lupropini . While lupropine gland reservoirs tend to be stout with wide openings (Fig. 65 View Figures 62–67 ), Mimocellus possesses elongate gland reservoirs (Fig. 81 View Figures 79–81 ) similar to the type found in Diaperini ( Diaperinae ) and Cnodalonini ( Stenochiini ) ( Tschinkel and Doyen 1980). Due to limited availability of specimens, we were unable to examine female internal morphology. For this reason, we currently place this genus as incertae sedis within Tenebrionidae until its placement within the tenebrionoid-branch subfamilies can be elucidated.
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Mimocellus Wasmann, 1904
Aalbu, Rolf L., Kanda, Kojun, Merkl, Otto, Ivie, Michael A. & Johnston, M. Andrew 2023 |
Mimocellus
Wasmann 1904 |