Thyreocephalus raptor Tottenham, 1956
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Thyreocephalus raptor Tottenham, 1956 View in CoL
( Figs. 128, 129 View FIGURES 124 – 129. 124, 125 , 147–152 View FIGURE 147 View FIGURES 148 – 152 )
Thyreocephalus raptor Tottenham, 1956: 256 View in CoL ; Herman, 2001: 3766.
Thyreocephalus parcior Tottenham, 1956: 257 View in CoL ; Herman, 2001: 3766, syn. nov.
Type locality. Rwanda, Tshuruyaga, Rugege Forest.
Type material examined. Thyreocephalus raptor . Holotype ♂: RWANDA: “Coll. Mus. Congo, Ruanda: Tshuruyaga, for., Rugege, 2400 m, P. Basilewsky 22/ I.1953 ”, “ Holotype ” (printed on orange label), “ Thyreocephalus , raptor, Tottenham , TYPE ” ( MRAC).
Thyreocephalus parcior . Holotype ♀: RWANDA: “Coll. Mus. Congo, Ruanda: Tshuruyaga, for., Rugege, 2400 m, P. Basilewsky 22.I.1953 ”, “ Holotype ” (printed on orange label). It is identical to raptor . The label “ Thyreocephalus raptor Tott., Bordoni det. 2013” was added to the specimen.
Redescription. Body 22 mm long; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 10 mm. Body large, slightly flat. Black with bluish elytra and last three abdominal segments red; antennae and legs brown ( Fig. 128 View FIGURES 124 – 129. 124, 125 ). Head and pronotum with micro-punctation. Head and pronotum and related punctation as in Figs. 129 View FIGURES 124 – 129. 124, 125 , 148 View FIGURES 148 – 152 ; labrum as in Fig. 149 View FIGURES 148 – 152 . Elytra longer than pronotum, slightly dilated posteriad and there as wide as pronotum. Surface with wide, very superficial punctation, arranged in three series, one near the suture, one median and one lateral. Scutellum with more or less transverse micro-striation and some punctures.
Male. Tergite 10 and sternite 9 of male genital segment as in Figs. 150, 151 View FIGURES 148 – 152 . Aedeagus ( Fig. 152 View FIGURES 148 – 152 ) large, 2.3 mm long; median lobe large, spearhead-shaped; inner sac narrow and long, covered with fine scales.
Female. Head less dilated than in male.
Differential diagnosis. Thyreocephalus raptor differs from other species of the T. coeruleipennis group in the abdomen with last three abdominal segments red and in the different shape of aedeagus with pointed median lobe.
Distribution. Thyreocephalus raptor is known only from Rwanda ( Fig. 147 View FIGURE 147 ).
Remarks. The specimen described as T. parcior is a female, which is narrower than the male—the type of T. raptor .
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Thyreocephalus raptor Tottenham, 1956
Janák, Jiří & Bordoni, Arnaldo 2015 |
Thyreocephalus raptor
Herman 2001: 3766 |
Tottenham 1956: 256 |
Thyreocephalus parcior
Herman 2001: 3766 |
Tottenham 1956: 257 |