TY - JOUR
T1 - Termitotrox venus sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new blind, flightless termitophilous scarab from Cambodia
AU - Kakizoe, Showtaro
AU - Maruyama, Munetoshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, S. Kakizoe, M. Maruyama.
PY - 2015/7/24
Y1 - 2015/7/24
N2 - Termitotrox venus sp. n. is described from Cambodia and represents the second discovery of Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 from the Indo-Chinese subregion of the Indomalayan region. Most of the type series was collected from refuse dumps in fungus garden cells of Macrotermes cf. gilvus (Hagen, 1858). Macrotermes Holmgren, 1910 was previously an unknown host of Termitotrox species. The new species is easily distinguished from all known congeners by having wing-shaped trichomes on the elytra and the larger body size, at 2.5 mm in length. We also describe the mouthparts to complement the description of the genus Termitotrox.
AB - Termitotrox venus sp. n. is described from Cambodia and represents the second discovery of Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 from the Indo-Chinese subregion of the Indomalayan region. Most of the type series was collected from refuse dumps in fungus garden cells of Macrotermes cf. gilvus (Hagen, 1858). Macrotermes Holmgren, 1910 was previously an unknown host of Termitotrox species. The new species is easily distinguished from all known congeners by having wing-shaped trichomes on the elytra and the larger body size, at 2.5 mm in length. We also describe the mouthparts to complement the description of the genus Termitotrox.
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U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.513.9958
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.513.9958
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937933943
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 2015
SP - 13
EP - 21
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
IS - 513
ER -