Alphitobius leleupi Koch, 1953

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Grimm, Roland, 2014, The genus Alphitobius Stephens (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alphitobiini) in Africa and adjacent islands, ZooKeys 415, pp. 169-190 : 179

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.415.6676

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23D45EAE-2FBE-42D2-9BA6-E3775704C29D

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Alphitobius leleupi Koch, 1953
status

 

Alphitobius leleupi Koch, 1953 Figs 6, 27

Type specimens examined.

Congo, Massif de Kundelungu, 14.XII.1949, leg. N. Leleup, 29 paratypes TMSA, 2 paratypes SMNS, 1 paratype CRG, 1 paratype ZSM.

New material.

Congo, 57 miles N Popokabaka, 3.VIII.1957, leg. E. S. Ross & R. E. Leech, 2 ex. CRA, 1 ex. SMNS.

Type locality.

“Kundelungu”.

Remarks.

Among the type series in TMSA, the missing holotype of Alphitobius parallelipennis was found, see remarks under that species.

Distribution.

Congo, Kenya ( Koch 1953).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Alphitobius