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Issue: Vol. 4258 No. 2: 27 Apr. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.2.5
Page range: 157–171
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 56

Review of the central African leaf chafer genus Entypophana Moser, 1913 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Schizonychini)

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic;
Coleoptera New species redescriptions lectotypes key to species distribution map Afrotropical Region

Abstract

The genus Entypophana Moser, 1913 is revised. Entypophana njiapanda new species from Tanzania is described, E. apicata Moser, 1913 (type species, by present designation), E. biapicata Moser, 1913, E. hulstaerti Burgeon, 1946, E. lujai Moser, 1917 and E. maynei Burgeon, 1946, are redescribed and lectotypes for E. biapicata, E. hulstaerti, E. lujai and E. maynei are designated. An identification key is provided and photographs illustrate external morphology and male genitalia. A distribution map of the currently known species of Entypophana is provided.

 

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