Anaxius obesus Fåhraeus, 1870

Kamiński, Marcin J. & Schoeman, Colin S., 2018, Taxonomic revision of a darkling beetles genus Anaxius (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini: Helopinina), Zootaxa 4455 (3), pp. 471-485 : 479-481

Anaxius obesus Fåhraeus, 1870

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Anaxius obesus Fåhraeus, 1870: 307 .- Koch, 1958: 211.

Notes. Fåhraeus (1870) did not specify the number of studied specimens, however from the context it seems to be clear that he was dealing with at least two specimens. Therefore, a lectotype designation is needed to fix the taxonomic status of the genus and the species.

Material studied. Lectotype, designated here, male (TMSA): “Caffra- / ria”. Paralectotype, male ( TMSA): same data as holotype. Other material, male ( TMSA): " Lichtenburg / Transvaal / Dr. Brauns ", male ( TMSA): " Plansberg / XI.1950 / P.L. Breutz "; 2 males ( TMSA): " S. Afr.; Limpopo Prov. / Mabote farm / 24.07 S – 28.39E ", " 12.12.2009 / in the Waterberg / leg. Ruth Müller "; male ( TMSA): “ S. Afr.: Transvaal / Pienaars River 8km / 25.17S – 28.17E , 28.12.1994; E-Y 3234, on ground / leg. CL Bellamy”.

Distribution. This species has been collected in the following ecoregions of South Africa ( Fig. 5 ): Highveld grasslands; and Southern Africa bushveld.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus images of the studied species. Anaxius bloubergensis (A), A. campbellae (B), A. limpopoensis (C), A. meletsensis (D), A. obesus (E), A. prozeskyi (F), and A. pseudoloensus (G).

FIGURE 5. Distribution of the species representing Anaxius.