Tibiodrepanus simplex ( Kabakov, 2006 )

Barbero, Enrico, Palestrini, Claudia & Roggero, Angela, 2011, Tibiodrepanus tagliaferrii — a new Afrotropical Drepanocerina species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Oniticellini), with notes on phylogeny and distribution of the genus, Zootaxa 2923, pp. 27-47 : 39-40

Tibiodrepanus simplex ( Kabakov, 2006)

( Figs. 28–31 )

Type material. Holotype: 3, “Afghan. Konar Narang, 700m, 27.vii.1972, Kabakov” “ Holotypus Drepanocerus simplex ii.1973 Kabakov” ( ZIN).

Additional material examined. The species is known only from the holotype.

Diagnosis. Species similar to T. hircus , differing mainly by having the metasternal disc with a longitudinal, medial, impunctate line and by its Palaearctic distribution.

Distribution. The species is known only from northeastern Afghanistan.

Literature. Drepanocerus simplex . Kabakov 2006:142. Tibiodrepanus simplex . Krikken 2009:21.

Remarks. The species was found in the eastern Palaearctic region, in the foothills of the Hindu Kush Range, near the town of Asadabad. The Pakistan border is not far from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 28 – 31. Facies of Tibiodrepanus simplex, scale bar = 1 mm: 28; Epipharynx of T. simplex, scale bar = 0.2 mm: 29; Aedeagus of T. simplex, scale bar = 0.5 mm: 30; Endophallus laminae of T. simplex, scale bar = 0.2 mm: 31. Drepanocerus simplex Kabakov, 2006