Chariotheca striata Kaszab, 1955

Soldati, Laurent, Kergoat, Gael J. & Condamine, Fabien L., 2012, Preliminary report on the Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) collected during the SANTO 2006 expedition to Vanuatu, with description of a new species of the genus Uloma Dejean, 1821, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 305-317 : 312-313

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n2a8
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C3A8797-E50F-935C-20EF-FA5A75DBFE58
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chariotheca striata Kaszab, 1955
status

Treatment

Chariotheca striata Kaszab, 1955: 502 , figs 78, 182.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. Espiritu Santo Isl. , Luganville, CETRAV in Saraoutou, ecotone between dense rainforest and coffee tree plantation, under bark, 2-10.X.2006, leg. L. Soldati, 2 ♂♂ ( MNHN), 2 ♂♂ (coll. LS) ; CETRAV Arboretum, beating shrubs, 5.X.2006, leg. L.Soldati, 1 ♂ and 2 other ex.(sex unknown) ( MNHN). DISTRIBUTION. — Described from the Fiji Islands ( Kaszab 1955), this is the first record for Vanuatu .

REMARKS

This nocturnal species is quite commonly collected while beating dead branches or shrubs during the day.