Article

A new genus and species of Ceratocanthidae from Tanzania (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Published in: African Zoology
Volume 35 , issue 1 , 2000 , pages: 131–137

DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2000.11407199

Author(s): Alberto Ballerio Viale Venezia 45, I-25123 Brescia, Italy

Keywords: Morphology , systematics , Cryptophilharmostes , Afrotropical Region

Abstract

Cryptophilharmostes mahunkai n.gen., n.sp., a remarkable Ceratocanthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Usambara Mountains (Tanzania), is described. The morphology of the clypeus and mesoepisternum is discussed, also with reference to other Ceratocanthidae. The affinities of the genus are discussed, and within the Afrotropical fauna a group of genera formed by Philharmostes Kolbe and its allies is recognized.

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