Censorinus Distant, 1903
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4503674 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4503656 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92440D1B-FFCE-FFD3-68B1-F565FCD7FD81 |
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Felipe |
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Censorinus Distant, 1903 |
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Censorinus Distant, 1903 View in CoL
Type species. Censorinus ferrugineus Distant, 1903: 58 View in CoL (by monotypy).
An orange or yellowish anterior pronotal lobe is a typical character for four species of the genus Censorinus View in CoL : C. ferrugineus Distant, 1903 View in CoL , C. peyrierasi Villiers, 1968 View in CoL , C. nigripes Villiers, 1968 View in CoL and C. robinsoni Villiers, 1968 View in CoL . The remaining six species, C. dubius Villiers, 1962 View in CoL , C. variegatus Villiers, 1950 View in CoL , C. brancsiki Miller, 1953 View in CoL , C. monticolus Villiers, 1962 View in CoL , C. umbrosus Villiers, 1962 View in CoL , C. geniculatus Villiers, 1962 View in CoL , have a brown, dark brown or black anterior pronotal lobe. The new species, C. karinae View in CoL sp. nov., is similar to the group with lightcolored anterior pronotal lobe. A key for this group is provided below.
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