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Issue: Vol. 4544 No. 4: 15 Jan. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-01-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.5
Page range: 548–556
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 7

Redescription of the holotype of Bostrichoclerus bicornus Van Dyke, 1938, a rare species of the New World Tillinae Fauna (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with some taxonomic notes

Scarab Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002.
United States Department of Agriculture-APHIS-PPQ, 9325 Bay Plaza Blvd., Suite 206, Tampa, Florida 33619.
Scarab Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002.
Scarab Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002.
Coleoptera Baja California southern California North America Cymatodera ommatidia checkered beetle taxonomy

Abstract

Bostrichoclerus bicornus Van Dyke is known from southwest United States and northwest Mexico. To date, only two specimens have been captured: the holotype, collected on Isla Angel de la Guarda, in the Gulf of California, Mexico, and a second individual collected in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The original description of B. bicornus is brief and lacks any images. Considering its rarity, we present the redescription of this species based on the examination of the holotype and compare this taxon to similar genera of New World Tillinae. Images of the holotype and the Bostrichoclerus specimen collected in southern California are given. We conclude that B. bicornus is undoubtedly a member of the subfamily Tillinae with unclear intergeneric relations in the group.

 

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