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Colophon berrisfordi
Barnard,
1932
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Coleoptera (beetles) > Polyphaga > Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea > Family: Lucanidae > Subfamily: Lucaninae > Genus: Colophon
Found in Meiringspoort in the Swartberg Range.
Little is known about its biology but larvae probably feed on plant roots such
as Restioniaceae. About 21mm.
Apomorphic
species. Aedeagus
(penis and parameres) are
distinctly asymmetrical, the right paramere is strongly dilated forming a
hook on the inner margin with the anal sternite correspondingly asymmetrical on
the posterior margin; penis well sclerotised (cuticle hardened); anterior
(front) margin of the clypeus raised above the level of the labrum at the suture
(join). Compare genitalia of species groups.
This
group includes: Colophon
barnardi, Colophon berrisfordi, Colophon
cassoni, Colophon
endroedyi, Colophon
izardi, Colophon
montisatris, Colophon
neli, Colophon oweni,
Colophon
primosi, Colophon
thunbergi, Colophon
westwoodi and Colophon
whitei.
No images available.
Publications
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BARNARD, K. H. 1932a. The Colophon.
Journal of the Mountain Club of South Africa 34: 19-22.
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BARNARD, K. H. 1932b. The rediscovery of Colophon
thunbergi Westw. with descriptions of further species of the genus. Stylops
1: 169-174.
Colophon
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