REVIEW AND SYSTEMATIC PLACEMENT OF THE AFROTROPICAL GENUS LACCONOTOPEDILUS PIC (COLEOPTERA, MYCTERIDAE, LACCONOTINAE)

Authors
POLLOCK DA
Citation
Da. Pollock, REVIEW AND SYSTEMATIC PLACEMENT OF THE AFROTROPICAL GENUS LACCONOTOPEDILUS PIC (COLEOPTERA, MYCTERIDAE, LACCONOTINAE), African entomology, 5(1), 1997, pp. 51-56
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
African entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10213589
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
51 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
1021-3589(1997)5:1<51:RASPOT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The Afrotropical genus Lacconotopedilus Pic is reviewed, based on an e xamination of 39 adult specimens. The genus belongs in the subfamily L acconotinae (Mycteridae), on the basis of salient features of the adul t. Lacconotopedilus is redescribed and compared with other genera of L acconotinae and the male of L. singularicornis Pic is described for th e first time. A diagnosis, description and distribution map are provid ed for the two constituent species.