Diplotrichus euphorbiae ( Schedl, 1961 )

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Diplotrichus euphorbiae ( Schedl, 1961)

( Figs 44, 47, 51 )

Lanurgus euphorbiae Schedl, 1961: 137 , orig. spelling

Type material. Paratype, male: Madagascar, Faux-Cap , XII.1951, A.R. [ NHWW] .

Diagnosis, male. Length 1.5 mm, 2.1 × as long as wide; colour black. Antennal club with two transverse sutures; frons with small median tubercle on lower third; elytra appearing glabrous, interstrial setae minute, mainly on declivity, setae at or near the lateral margin longer, hair-like.

Distribution. Madagascar. Only known from the type locality in the very south of the island, breeding in a Euphorbia succulent ( Schedl 1977).

Figures

FIGURES 43–52. Dorsal, lateral, and front view of Diplotrichus catenatus female (43, 46, 49) and male (50), Diplotrichus euphorbiae male paratype (44, 47, 51), Diplotrichus plenus sp. nov. male holotype (45, 48, 52).