Comments on Cnemeplatiini Jacquelin du Val, 1861 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands

Authors

  • J. Ferrer Department of Entomology, Swedish Museum of Natural History
  • A. Castro Tovar
  • J. L. Lencina Gutiérrez Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física. Área de Biología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2009.v65.i2.146

Keywords:

Iberian Peninsule, Norwestern Africa, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Cnemeplatiini, Cnemeplatia, Lepidonecmeplatia, Philhammus, biogeography

Abstract


The taxonomy and geographic distribution of the Iberian and Canary Islands representatives of the tribe Cnemeplatiini, is established, after study of available types. Several errors in recent papers are corrected. Cnemeplatia laticeps (Wollaston, 1857) described from Madeira, is cited as new record for the isla of La Palma, Canary Islands. Cnemeplatia atropos Costa 1847 is a valid species. Cnemeplatia rufa Tournier, 1874 stat. rest. and C. mouchampsi Español 1948 stat. nov. are considered as valid species and not geographical subspecies of Cnemeplatia atropos Costa, 1847, based on morphology. The name Cnemeplatia rufa Tournier, 1874 has priority over C. atropos africana Kaszab, 1938 syn. nov. Figures of discriminatory characters to identify all European and Northwestern African described species are given.

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Published

2009-12-30

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Ferrer J, Castro Tovar A, Lencina Gutiérrez JL. Comments on Cnemeplatiini Jacquelin du Val, 1861 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands. Graellsia [Internet]. 2009Dec.30 [cited 2024Jul.23];65(2):133-44. Available from: https://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/146

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