Hovadelium aeneum Ardoin, 1961
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Hovadelium aeneum Ardoin, 1961 |
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Hovadelium aeneum Ardoin, 1961 Figs 2, 10
Reexamined type-material.
C Madagascar, Plateau Soaindrana, Andringitra-Ambalavao, 2090 m, 16.I.1958, leg. R. Paulian, ♀ holotype MNHN.
New material.
C Madagascar, Andringitra, Andohariana, 2000-2100 m, mission C.N.R.S., 1 ex. MNHN (det. Ardoin). - E Madagascar, Massiv Ambondrombe, Ikoka, 1300-1400 m, 12.-13.III.1996, leg. J. Janák & P. Moravec, 11 ex. SMNS, 5 ex. ZSM. - E Madagascar, Massiv Ambondrombe, 1300-1400 m, 14.III.1996, leg. J. Janák & P. Moravec, 11 ex. SMNS, 5 ex. TMSA, 5 ex. ZSM. - E Madagascar, Massiv Ambondrombe, cote 1579, 1500-1600 m, 15.-18.III.1996, leg. J. Janák & P. Moravec, 11 ex. SMNS, 5 ex. HNHM, 5 ex. NMPC, 5 ex. ZSM. - E Madagascar, Massiv Ambondrombe, 1700 m, 17.III.1996, leg. J. Janák & P. Moravec, 1 ex. SMNS.
Diagnostic characters.
Body length 2.7-4.0 mm (the holotype has a length of 4.0 mm and not of 5.0 mm as given by Ardoin 1961). Pronotum subquadrate, widest before the middle, with rounded anterior and posterior angles, surface slightly convex, with fine and sparse punctation, between punctation slightly shagreened. Elytra with punctural rows in striae, intervals convex, slightly shagreened and with an irregular row of tubercles, interval 7 at base near shoulders with a longer seta. Aedeagus see Fig. 10.
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