A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
A new species of <em>Trechus</em> from the Oromia Province (Ethiopia) is described in the present note. This new taxon shows some peculiar characters, such as a much swollen abdomen of pseudophysiogastric aspect, a feature shared by other high altitude Trechinae, as for instance <em&g...
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| description | A new species of <em>Trechus</em> from the Oromia Province (Ethiopia) is described in the present note. This new taxon shows some peculiar characters, such as a much swollen abdomen of pseudophysiogastric aspect, a feature shared by other high altitude Trechinae, as for instance <em>Queinnectrechus</em> Deuve, 1992 from Asia. The integuments are glabrous; the antennae are short; the pronotum is larger than long, with regularly rounded sides and hind angles; the elytrae are short and rounded (pseudophysiogastric) with the first six striae well engraved, on the third of them two discal foveolate setae are well visible. The aedeagus is big and stout, abruptly narrowing at the tip (in lateral view), with a small botton slanting upwards; the copulatory piece is big and well sclerified, triangular, with a more or less sharpened tip. Well recognizable for the “pseudophysiogastric” aspect, <em>Trechus (Trechus) ericalis</em> n.sp. belongs to the <em>bipartitus</em> group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e6b822061444fbebb0310873bc9ea472022-12-22T00:33:02ZengUniversity La Sapienza of RomeFragmenta entomologica0429-288X2284-48802013-10-01451-2172410.4081/fe.2013.1313A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae)Paolo Magrini0Éric Quéinnec1Augusto Vigna Taglianti2Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”Systématique, Adaptation, Evolution, UMR 7138 CNRS, Université P. & M. CurieDipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin” (Zoologia), Università degli Studi “Sapienza”, RomaA new species of <em>Trechus</em> from the Oromia Province (Ethiopia) is described in the present note. This new taxon shows some peculiar characters, such as a much swollen abdomen of pseudophysiogastric aspect, a feature shared by other high altitude Trechinae, as for instance <em>Queinnectrechus</em> Deuve, 1992 from Asia. The integuments are glabrous; the antennae are short; the pronotum is larger than long, with regularly rounded sides and hind angles; the elytrae are short and rounded (pseudophysiogastric) with the first six striae well engraved, on the third of them two discal foveolate setae are well visible. The aedeagus is big and stout, abruptly narrowing at the tip (in lateral view), with a small botton slanting upwards; the copulatory piece is big and well sclerified, triangular, with a more or less sharpened tip. Well recognizable for the “pseudophysiogastric” aspect, <em>Trechus (Trechus) ericalis</em> n.sp. belongs to the <em>bipartitus</em> group.http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/13 |
| spellingShingle | Paolo Magrini Éric Quéinnec Augusto Vigna Taglianti A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Fragmenta entomologica |
| title | A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae) |
| title_full | A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae) |
| title_fullStr | A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae) |
| title_short | A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae) |
| title_sort | new species of trechus from the ethiopian plateau coleoptera carabidae |
| url | http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/13 |
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