Acrotrichis Johnson 1969

Darby, Michael, 2019, Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 155, pp. 239-257 : 255

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.31184/M00138908.1554.3999

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3663653

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scientific name

Acrotrichis Johnson 1969
status

 

Acrotrichis Johnson 1969 View in CoL

( Figs 14A, D View Fig )

Remarks: Recorded from five African countries including Kenya (Johnson 1969). Distinguished by the form of the spermatheca ( Fig. 14D View Fig ).

Material examined

2♀♀, KENYA: Aberdares National Park , litter, 1150ft., x.1965, leg. W.C. Block, BM 1978- 472 ( BMNH, one mounted verso) .

Gallery Image

Fig. 14. — Acrotrichis spp.: Acrotrichis alluaudi Johnson. A, habitus; D, spermatheca. Acrotrichis africana Johnson. C, habitus; B, spermatheca.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Ptiliidae

SubFamily

Acrotrichinae

Tribe

Acrotrichini