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Colophon oweni
Bartolozzi,
1995
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 the Riversdale Mountains.
Little is known about its biology but larvae probably feed on plant roots such
as Restioniaceae.
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Colophon oweni,
male. Dorsal view of head and thorax.
[image
J. Harrison, Transvaal Museum
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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.
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