Cossyphodinus basilewsky
Cossyphodinus basilewsky | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Beetle |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Cossyphodinus |
Species: | C. basilewsky |
Binomial name | |
Cossyphodinus basilewsky Ferrer, 1993 |
Diagnosis
Description
Type material. Zambia, Lusaka, Kafue, Kafue River, 1200 m, 22.XI.–2.XII.1987, leg. R. Mourglia, holotype ZSM.
Distribution
Zambia
Biology
Host ant Messor ferreri
REFERENCES
- Ferrer, J. & Collingwood, C. A. (1993) New species of Cossyphodinae from Africa (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and description of the host ant Messor ferreri sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomofauna, 14, 221–232.