Taphrocerus tao Zayas 1988
| Main Authors: | Barman, E. H., Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y., Wolfe, G. W. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2007
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5463485 |
Daftar Isi:
- Taphrocerus tao Zayas (Fig. 4) Taphrocerus tao Zayas 1988: 41. Type locality: CUBA: Pinar del Río Province, Viñales. Zayas (1988: 42) cited three syntype specimens from the type locality. The photographed syntype is a male. This species is most similar to Taphrocerus timidus Chevrolat based on the information provided by Fisher (1925) on the Caribbean species, and USNM specimens identified by Fisher as T. timidus (from Cuban localities: C. Jatiponico; Nagua, Oriente; and Cienfuegos, Soledad). The USNM specimens have a slightly angulate lateral pronotal margin and a vaguely defined prehumeral carina at the posterior angle of the pronotum which appear to be shared by T. tao. Taphrocerus tao could be a synonym of T. timidus, but only examination of the actual specimens, including genitalia, in a comparative context, will resolve the identity of T. tao with certainty.
- Published as part of Barman, E. H., Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Wolfe, G. W., 2007, Figs. 16 – 17. 16 in A Description of the First Instar of Hoperius planatus Fall, 1927 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae: Colymbetini), with Phylogenetic Implications, pp. 334-338 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 24 (3) on page 337, DOI: 10.1649/0010