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Colophon whitei
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 Meiringspoort, Swartberg
Mountains. Litttle is known about its biology but larvae probably feed on plant
roots such as Restioniaceae. Male 26-31mm, female 19-22mm.
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Colophon whitei, male. Dorsal
view of head
and thorax. [image
M. Cochrane, Iziko
© ] |
Colophon whitei, male. Ventral view of head and thorax.
[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.
See
male/ female images.
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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