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Colophon thunbergi
Westwood,
1855
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 Zuurbraak in the Langeberg Range. Little is known about its biology but larvae
probably feed on plant roots such as Restioniaceae. About 25-26mm.
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Colophon thunbergi, male. Dorsal
view
of head. [image
M. Cochrane, Iziko
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Colophon thunbergi, male. Ventral
view of head.
[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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BARNARD,
K. H. 1932b. The rediscovery of Colophon
thunbergi Westw. with descriptions of further species of the genus. Stylops
1: 169-174.
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WESTWOOD,
J. O. 1855. Descriptions of some new species of exotic Lucanidae.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3: 197-221.
Colophon
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