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Issue: Vol. 4674 No. 1: 23 Sept. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-09-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.2
Page range: 47–67
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 4

Neomicrambe subgen. nov. of Micrambe Thomson, 1863 (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from East Africa

Departamento de Zoología, Genética y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Departamento de Zoología, Genética y Antropología Física, Facultad de Biología, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Coleoptera Taxonomy Afrotropical Cucujoidea Cryptophaginae Cryptophagini.

Abstract

The isolation of a small group of species of the genus Micrambe Thomson, 1863 (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) in the eastern mountains of Africa, together with the exclusivity of habitat and the characteristics of their aedeagus have led to proposing a new subgenus, which we have called Neomicrambe subgen. nov. The differential diagnosis is established in relation to a group of other species of the genus. Two species are new records for Kenya.

 

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