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Colophon barnardi
Endrödy-Younga,
1988
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Coleoptera (beetles) > Polyphaga > Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea > Family: Lucanidae > Subfamily: Lucaninae > Genus: Colophon
Found in the Langeberg
Mountains near Swellendam. Little is known about its biology but larvae probably feed on
plant roots such as Restioniaceae. Male 20mm, female 20-21mm.
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Colophon
barnardi,
male. Dorsal view
of head and thorax.
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M. Cochrane, Iziko
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Colophon
barnardi,
male. Ventral view
of head and thorax.
[image
M. Cochrane, Iziko
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Colophon
barnardi. Male
genitalia.
Aedeagus
(Penis and parameres).
[image
M. Cochrane, Iziko
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Colophon barnardi. Male
genitalia. Aedeagus
(Penis and parameres).
[image
M. Cochrane, Iziko
© ] |
Apomorphic species.
Aedeagus
(penis and parameres) are
distinctly asymmetrical, the right paramere is strongly dilated forming a
hook on the inner margin with the anal sternite correspondingly asymmetrical on
the posterior margin; penis well sclerotised (cuticle hardened); anterior
(front) margin of the clypeus raised above the level of the labrum at the suture
(join). Compare genitalia of species groups.
This
group includes Colophon barnardi, Colophon berrisfordi,
Colophon
cassoni, Colophon endroedyi,
Colophon izardi,
Colophon montisatris,
Colophon
neli, Colophon oweni,
Colophon primosi,
Colophon
thunbergi, Colophon westwoodi and
Colophon whitei.
Publications
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ENDRÖDY-YOUNGA,
S. 1988. Evidence for the low-altitude origin of the Cape Mountain Biome derived
from the systematic revision of the genus Colophon
Gray (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Annals of the South African Museum 96(9) 359 –
424.
Colophon
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Images and text by Margie
Cochrane
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