Review and new species of Tiferonia Darlington, 1962 (Carabidae, Abacetini)

Darlington described Tiferonia based on T. parva from New Guinea. In this review, Tiferonia leytensis sp. nov. is described from Leyte Island, Philippines, Tiferonia schoutedeni (Straneo, 1943) comb. nov. is transferred from Melanchrous Andrewes, and inclusion of Tiferonia brunnea (Jedlička, 1935) i...

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Main Author: Kipling W. Will
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-01-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48255/download/pdf/
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description Darlington described Tiferonia based on T. parva from New Guinea. In this review, Tiferonia leytensis sp. nov. is described from Leyte Island, Philippines, Tiferonia schoutedeni (Straneo, 1943) comb. nov. is transferred from Melanchrous Andrewes, and inclusion of Tiferonia brunnea (Jedlička, 1935) in the genus is confirmed. Characteristics of Tiferonia and genera that have been proposed as closely related to Tiferonia are discussed and a unique character, the post-ocular sulcus, shared among species of Tiferonia and Holconotus is proposed as a synapomorphy for these two genera. A key to identify adults of the four species of Tiferonia is provided.
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spelling doaj.art-dec57ac160aa4bb39cfef23b6631bb612022-12-21T23:28:18ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702020-01-0190613114010.3897/zookeys.906.4825548255Review and new species of Tiferonia Darlington, 1962 (Carabidae, Abacetini)Kipling W. Will0University of CaliforniaDarlington described Tiferonia based on T. parva from New Guinea. In this review, Tiferonia leytensis sp. nov. is described from Leyte Island, Philippines, Tiferonia schoutedeni (Straneo, 1943) comb. nov. is transferred from Melanchrous Andrewes, and inclusion of Tiferonia brunnea (Jedlička, 1935) in the genus is confirmed. Characteristics of Tiferonia and genera that have been proposed as closely related to Tiferonia are discussed and a unique character, the post-ocular sulcus, shared among species of Tiferonia and Holconotus is proposed as a synapomorphy for these two genera. A key to identify adults of the four species of Tiferonia is provided.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48255/download/pdf/
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title Review and new species of Tiferonia Darlington, 1962 (Carabidae, Abacetini)
title_full Review and new species of Tiferonia Darlington, 1962 (Carabidae, Abacetini)
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title_full_unstemmed Review and new species of Tiferonia Darlington, 1962 (Carabidae, Abacetini)
title_short Review and new species of Tiferonia Darlington, 1962 (Carabidae, Abacetini)
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