Matabele Péringuey, 1896
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5979219 |
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Type species: Matabele miranda Péringuey, 1896
The genus Matabele is a small genus within the subtribe Lebiina with only two species, Afrotropical M. miranda Péringuey, 1896 from Ethopia, Tanzania, Zaire and Somalia and Arabian species M. arabica Mateu, 1986 from Saudi Arabia and Oman ( Mateu, 1986; Anichtchenko, 2016). This genus can be separated from other genera of Lebiina by large body size from 12-14 mm; coarse sculpture of head and pronotum; tarsal claws pectinate and lack of distal emargination on male mesotibiae; mentum with bifid tooth; apical external angles of elytra pointed ( Mateu, 1986).
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