Title:

Review of the Thalycra complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulinae) with three new genera and notes on mycophagy

Subtitle:

Annales Zoologici / Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences, vol. 48 no 3-4

Creator:

Kirejtshuk, Alexander Georgievich ; Leschen, Richard A. B.

Contributor:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instutyt Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

1998

Description:

Incorrect ISSN 0001-6454 ; Bibliogr. p. 272-273 ; P. 253-273 : ill. ; 24 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Nitidulidae ; Coleoptera ; mycophagy ; hypogean fungi ; systematics

Abstract:

The 12 genera of the Thalycra complex are reviewed, diagnosed, and keyed. The group is related to the Pocadius complex (based on larval and adult morphology) and is characterized by the following adult characters in combination: body form elongate and convex, pronotaland elytral margins narrowly explanate, vestiture of setae relatively sparse, length of antennomere 11 smaller than 9 and 10 combined, and metacoxae approximate with a moderately narrow intercoxal process. Three genera are described as new: Pocadiolycra Kirejtshuk and Leschen, gen. nov. (type species: Pocadiolycra peruensis Kirejtshuk and Leschen, sp. nov.; P. guyanaensis Kirejtshuk, sp. nov.), Tagmalycra Kirejtshuk and Leschen, gen. nov. (type species: Tagmalycraashei Kirejtshuk and Leschen, sp. nov.) and Thalycrinella Kirejtshuk, gen. nov. (type species: Neothalycra latitibialis Audisio and Kirejtshuk, 1983), The species Quadrifrons castaneus Blatchley, 1916 (= Cychramus zimmermani Horn 1879, new synonymy), Pocadionta dentipes (Grouvelle, 1898), and Pleuroneces montanus Olliff, 1891 are redescribed. Biological informationis summarized for each genus while fungal host relationships are emphasized. Members of Thalycra Erichson, and possibly Quadrifrons Blatchley, are specialists on hypogean fungi whilethe related genera Pocadiolycra and Tagmalycra are specialists on Agaricaceae. New New Zealand records for the species Thalycrodes australis (Blackburn) are provided.

Relation:

Annales Zoologici

Volume:

48

Issue:

3-4

Start page:

253

End page:

273

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

83-85192-86-7

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P.255, vol 48, no 3-4 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P.4314, vol 48, no 3-4 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open