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Colophon neli
Barnard,
1932
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 Swartberg Range. Little is known about its biology but larvae probably feed
on plant roots such as Restioniaceae.
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Colophon neli, male. Dorsal view of head and thorax. [image
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Colophon neli, male. Ventral view of head and thorax. [image
M. Cochrane, Iziko
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Colophon neli. Male genitalia. Aedeagus (Penis and parameres).
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M. Cochrane, Iziko
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Colophon neli. Male genitalia. Aedeagus (Penis and
parameres). I[image
M. Cochrane, Iziko
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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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BARNARD, K. H. 1932a. The Colophon.
Journal of the Mountain Club of South Africa 34: 19-22.
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BARNARD, K. H. 1932b. The rediscovery of Colophon
thunbergi Westw. with descriptions of further species of the genus. Stylops
1: 169-174.
Colophon
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