<strong><em>Microcenoscelis</em> n. gen. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Ulomini) from tropical Africa, with description of a blind species from Zimbabwe</strong>

WOLFGANG SCHAWALLER

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4027.3.7

Issue: Vol. 4027 No. 3: 6 Oct. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-10-05

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.3.7

Page range: 437–441

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Microcenoscelis n. gen. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Ulomini) from tropical Africa, with description of a blind species from Zimbabwe

WOLFGANG SCHAWALLER⁺⁻

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Germany. Contribution to Tenebrionidae no. 132. – For no.131 see: Coleopterists Bulletin, 69, 2015

Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Ulomini Microcenoscelis n. gen. Cenoscelis Cneocnemis taxonomy new genus new species new combination blind species Zimbabwe

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Abstract

Microcenoscelis n. gen. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Ulomini) caeca n. sp. is described from Zimbabwe, a small and completely blind species. A second known species, however with completely developed eyes, and originally described as Uloma minuscula Ardoin, 1969, was also placed in the new genus. Microcenoscelis n. gen. seems to be mostly related to the genera Cenoscelis Wollaston, 1867, and Cneocnemis Gebien, 1914.