Trigonochilus politus Arrow 1901
- Dataset
- Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Rutelinae VII (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Scarabaeidae
- genus
- Trigonochilus
- species
- Trigonochilus politus
description
Figs 22 - 24
discussion
REMARKS. After the examination of the female paratypes of Chaetadoretus juengeri Frey, 1968 it is deemed conspecific with Trigonochilus politus Arrow, 1901. Therefore, Chaetadoretus juengeri becomes a new junior subjective synonym of the latter species.
materials_examined
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Lectotype ♂ Trigonochilus politus Arrow, 1901 ANGOLA. [Angola, 76.28] [Trigonochilus politus Arrow type ♂] [syntype / type] [T. politus Arrow det. J. Krikken 1974 / ju 7408 - 4] (BMNH). Paralectotypes of Trigonochilus politus Arrow, 1901 ANGOLA. Paralectotypes 4 ♀♀ of Trigonochilus politus Arrow, 1901: [Angola, 76.28] [Trigonochilus politus Arrow type ♀] [syntype / type] (BMNH); Syntype ♀: [Angola, 76.28] [syntype] [comp. ♀ type] (BMNH). Paratypes of Chaetadoretus juengeri Frey, 1968 ANGOLA. Paratypes 2 ♀♀ of Chaetadoretus juengeri Frey, 1968: [Angola, Calulo, 3. xi. 66, E. Jünger / 386] [Paratype] [♀] [Chaetadoretus jüngeri n. sp. det. G. FREY, 1967 / 68] (NHMB). ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. ANGOLA. 1 ♂: Quanza Norte Pr., 20 km W N’Dalatando, 337 m, 21. XI. 2013, P. Schüle leg. (ZFMK); 1 ♂: same data collection as previous (RBINS); 1 ♂: Quanza Norte Pr. nr. Dondo, 21. XI. 2013, T. Lackner leg. (BMNH); 1 ♀: Quanza Sul, 10 km E. Gabela, 1296 m, 23. XI. 2013, P. Schüle leg. (ZFMK); 1 ♀: same data collection as previous (RBINS); 1 ♀: Bié Pr., S. of Quarenta, 1693 m, 17. XI. 2013, P. Schüle leg. (ZFMK)