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Issue: Vol. 4193 No. 3: 17 Nov. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.3.4
Page range: 517–540
Abstract views: 52
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A review of the Tillicera genus group with a revision of Plathanocera Schenkling (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae)

Technische Universität München, Department für Tierwissenschaften, AG Entomologie, Lehrstuhl für Zoologie, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, F.R.G.
Technische Universität München, Department für Tierwissenschaften, AG Entomologie, Lehrstuhl für Zoologie, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, F.R.G.
Coleoptera Tillicera genus group identification key genital figures distribution maps

Abstract

The Tillicera genus group is revised and defined to contain 40 species in the following six genera: Apopempsis Schenkling, 1903; Cardiostichus Quedenfeldt, 1885; Hemitrachys Gorham, 1876; Placocerus Klug, 1837; Plathanocera Schenkling, 1902 and Tillicera Spinola, 1941. The definition of the Tillicera genus group is mainly based on the presence of the dorsoventrally compressed and expanded antennae (from antennomere 3 onwards). The antennomeres are dilated at least from antennomeres 5 to 9 onwards, and are broader than long, always vested with dense long setae. A key to the constituent genera, color photographs, and distribution maps are provided. The genus Plathanocera is taxonomically revised, including a key to species and genital figures.

 

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