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Issue: Vol. 1727 No. 1: 14 Mar. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1727.1.6
Page range: 49–56
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species for Limulopteryx from Cameroon with the first record of termitophilous Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) outside the Neotropics

Entomology Research Laboratory, Ontario Plant Laboratories, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
Coleoptera Taxonomy beetle

Abstract

A new and apparently termitophilous featherwing beetle Limulopteryx hintelmanni sp.n. from Cameroon is described and extensively illustrated. This is the first record of termitophilous Ptiliidae outside the Neotropical Region. Taxonomic position of the new species and that of the genus Limulopteryx are discussed. All records of Ptiliidae associated with termites are reviewed.

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