Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5537 No. 3: 11 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.2
Page range: 325-347
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 9

A new species of Apatenia Pascoe (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from central Madagascar, with a key to species, additions to the distribution of rare species of the genus, and general notes about threats to anthribid diversity

Mendel University in Brno; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology; Department of Forest Ecology; Zemědělská 3; CZ-613 00 Brno; Czech Republic.; Municipal Museum of Ústí nad Labem; Natural History Department; Masarykova 1000/3; CZ-400 01 Ústí nad Labem; Czech Republic
Madagascar Biodiversity Center; BP 6257; Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza; Antananarivo; Madagascar.; Département d’Entomologie-Cultures; Elevage et Santé; Faculté des Sciences; BP 906; Université d’Antananarivo; Antananarivo; Madagascar
Coleoptera Anthribinae taxonomy species discovery male and female genitalia key distribution ecology Ambohitantely fire expansive plants decline of biodiversity

Abstract

A new species Apatenia kuntei Trýzna & Rakotonirina sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Platyrhinini) from the Ambohitantely Special Reserve in central Madagascar is described. Male and female genitalia are studied and illustrated. A key to all Malagasy Apatenia species is provided. Colour photographs, notes on the distribution and ecological notes on another four rare Malagasy Apatenia species are added. The decrease of the anthribid diversity due to fires and the spreading of expansive plants in the Ambohitantely Special Reserve is discussed.

 

References

  1. Baňař, P., Štys, P., Rahanitriniaina, S.L. & Rabotoson, M.E. (2015) Two new species of the genus Proboscidopirates (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae) from Madagascar with the list of the species. Zootaxa, 3905 (3), 407–417. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.6
  2. Bedel, L.E.M. (1882) Faune des coléoptères du Bassin de la Seine. VI. Rhynchophora. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Series 6, 2, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8757
  3. Boyle, M.J.W., Sharp, A.C., Barclay, M.V., Chung, A.Y.C., Ewers, R.M., Rougemont, G. de, Bonebrake, T.C., Kitching, R.L., Stork, N.E. & Ashton, L.A. (2024) Tropical beetles more sensitive to impacts are less likely to be known to science. Current Biology, 34, 770–771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.059
  4. Frappier-Britton, T. & Lehman, S.M. (2022) The burning island: Spatiotemporal patterns of fire occurrence in Madagascar. PLoS ONE, 17 (3), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263313
  5. Frieser, R. (1981) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Anthribiden (Coleoptera, Anthribidae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 29, 249–258.
  6. Frieser, R. (2000) Einige neue Anthribiden von Madagaskar und der Île de la Réunion (Coleoptera: Anthribidae). Acta Coleopterologica, 16 (1), 35–51.
  7. Frieser, R. (2007) Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Anthribiden (Coleoptera: Anthribidae). Acta Coleopterologica, 23 (3), 3–12.
  8. Frieser, R. (2010) Teilergebnisse der entomologischen Expedition von Milos Tryzna auf Madagaskar in 2007 mit Genehmigung ANGAP (Coleoptera: Anthribidae). Acta Coleopterologica, 26 (1), 3–22.
  9. Goodman, S.M., Raherilalao, M.J. & Wohlhauser, S. (Eds.) (2018) s.n. In: Les aires protégées terrestres de Madagascar: Leur histoire, description et biote. Tome III: L´ouest et le sud de Madagascar - synthese/The terrestrial protected areas of Madagascar: Their history, description, and biota. Volume III: Western and southwestern Madagascar - synthesis. Association Vahatra, Antananarivo, pp. 1233–1716. [the correct surname of the third editor is Wohlhauser, not Wohlauser as given on the book cover]
  10. Háva, J. & Baňař, P. (2017) A new Trogoderma species from Central Madagascar (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Zootaxa, 4299 (2), 279–284. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.8
  11. Háva, J. & Trýzna, M. (2022) A new Trogoderma from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), with a key to Madagascan species of the genus. Zootaxa, 5195 (2), 163–170. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5195.2.5
  12. Heiss, E. & Baňař, P. (2013) Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa, 3616 (3), 291–297. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
  13. Heiss, E., Baňař, P. & Rahanitriniaina, L.S. (2012) Two new species of the apterous Carventinae genus Comorocoris Heiss, 1985 from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa, 3411 (1), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3411.1.3
  14. Hlaváč, P. & Baňař, P. (2016) The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Madagascar. V. Description of Squamiger elegans gen. et sp. nov. from Central Madagascar. Zootaxa, 4127 (2), 393–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.11
  15. Hlaváč, P. & Baňař, P. (2017) The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Madagascar. VII. Description of Madastiger robustus gen. and sp. nov. from Central Madagascar. Zootaxa, 4311 (3), 435–440. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4311.3.9
  16. Hlaváč, P. & Baňař, P. & Parker, J. (2013) The Pselaphinae of Madagascar. II. Redescription of the genus Semiclaviger Wasmann, 1893 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Clavigeritae) and synonymy of the subtribe Radamina Jeannel, 1954. Zootaxa, 3736 (3), 265–276. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3736.3.4
  17. Hlaváč, P. & Nakládal, O. (2016) The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Madagascar. VI. Description of Ambohitantella banari gen. et sp. n. with notes on Nearticerodes Jeannel, 1954 and Triceratomerus Jeannel, 1960. Zootaxa, 4189 (1), 183–188. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.11
  18. Holloway, B.A. (1982) Anthribidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, 3. Science Information Division, DSIR, Wellington, 264 pp.
  19. Janák, J. & Baňař, P. (2021) Two new species and new records of the genus Astenus from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Zootaxa, 4980 (1), 127–141. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.8
  20. Jones, G.M. & Tingley, M.W. (2022) Pyrodiversity and biodiversity: A history, synthesis, and outlook. Diversity and Distributions, 28, 386–403. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13280
  21. Klein, J., Réau, B., Kalland, I. & Edwards, M. (2007) Conservation, development and a heterogenous community: the case of Ambohitantely Special Reserve, Madagascar. Society and Natural Resources, 20 (5), 451–467. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920701211900
  22. Krizek, G.O., Hagen, G.M., Křížek, P., Havlová, M., & Křížek, M. (2014) Optical lattices on wings of Apatura butterflies. Entomological News, 124 (3), 176–185. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.124.0302
  23. Kull, C.A. (2004) Isle of Fire: the Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 261 pp.
  24. Malvos, C., Louppe, D. & Bouillet, J.-P. (1989) Fertilisation forestière sur le Tampoketsa d’Ankazobe. Station de Manankazo, Madagaskar. Revue Bois et Forêts des Tropiques, 222, 3–26.
  25. Moravec, J. & Trýzna, M. (2022) New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles - 25. Pogonostoma (Microstenocera) borisbubeniki sp. nov., compared to P. (M.) andreevae Moravec, 2007 and a revised key to the species-group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Zootaxa, 5155 (2), 245–260. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5155.2.4
  26. Pascoe, F.P. (1859) On some new Anthribidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 4, 431–439.
  27. Phelps, L.N., Andela, N., Gravey, M., Davis, D.S., Kull, C.A., Douglass, K. & Lehmann, C.E.R. (2022) Madagascar’s fire regimes challenge global assumptions about landscape degradation. Global Change Biology, 28, 6944–6960. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16206
  28. Rheinheimer, J. (2004) Illustrierter Katalog und Bibliographie der Anthribidae der Welt (Insecta: Coleoptera). Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 39 (1/2), 1–243.
  29. Trýzna, M. (2017) Anthribidae. In: Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Barrios, H., Borovec, R., Bouchard, P., Caldara, R., Colonnelli, E., Gültekin, L., Hlaváč, P., Korotyaev, B., Lyal, C.H.C., Machado, A., Meregalli, M., Pierotti, H., Ren, L., Sánchez-Ruiz, M., Sforzi, A., Silfverberg, H., Skuhrovec, J., Trýzna, M., Velázquez de Castro, A.J. & Yunakov, N.N. (2017) Cooperative Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Curculionoidea. Monografías electrónicas SEA 8. Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), Zaragoza, pp. 18–33.
  30. Trýzna, M. (2022) Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Fungus Weevils. In: Goodman, S.M. (Ed.), The new natural history of Madagascar. Vol. 1. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, pp. 1060–1073. [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691222622/the-new-natural-history-of-madagascar] https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2ks6tbb.138
  31. Trýzna, M. & Andrianomenjanahary, M.N. (2019) Description of a new species of the genus Diastatotropis Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) with strikingly elongated elytral apices from north-eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa, 4563 (3), 444–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4563.3.2
  32. Trýzna, M. & Baňař, P. (2013) A new species of the genus Apatenia (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from Madagascar with notes on female genitalia, redescription of the female of Apatenia quadristigma Frieser and list of Madagascan species. Zootaxa, 3609 (5), 504–512. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3609.5.6
  33. Trýzna, M., Horák, J. & Holuša, J. (2021) Open canopy increases the species richnes of fungus weevils in Madagascar forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 480, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118661
  34. Trýzna, M. & Valentine, B.D. (2011) Anthribidae. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 7. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 64–66 + 90–107.
  35. Viette, P. (1991) Principales localités où des Insectes ont été recueillis à Madagascar. Chief field stations where Insects were collected in Madagascar. Faune de Madagascar. Supplément 2. Privately published, Paris, 88 pp.
  36. Wanat, M. (2007) Alignment and homology of male terminalia in Curculionoidea and other Coleoptera. Invertebrate Systematics, 21, 147–171. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS05055
  37. Wolfrum, P. (1929) Anthribidae. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio. Vol. 102. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1–145.
  38. Wolfrum, P. (1953) Anthribidae. In: Hincks, W.D. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Vol. 102. W. Junk, ´s-Gravenhage, pp. 1–63.
  39. Wolfrum, P. (1955) Neue Anthribiden aus dem Museum G. Frey. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 6, 674–683.
  40. Wolfrum, P. (1961) Anthribiden aus dem Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 12 (2), 291–325.
  41. Zahradník, P. & Trýzna, M. (2018) Nine new species of Clada from Madagascar (Coleoptera, Ptinidae). ZooKeys, 806, 121–140. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.806.21916
  42. Zahradník, P., Trýzna, M. & Razafindranaivo, V. (2023) A new species of Xylodes Waterhouse from Madagascar, with a key to the genera of the tribe Ptinini from Madagascar, Mascarenes and adjacent regions, and a key to species of Xylodes, subgenus Diegous (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). Zootaxa, 5330 (1), 93–105. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.1.4