Review and new species of Tiferonia Darlington, 1962 (Carabidae, Abacetini)

By

Will, Kipling W. 1964-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

906

Pages

131--140

Subjects

Africa , Ground beetles , Holconotus , Melanchrous , New Guinea , the Philippines

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.906.48255

 

Abstract

Darlington describedTiferoniabased onT. parvafrom New Guinea. In this review,Tiferonia leytensissp. nov.is described from Leyte Island, Philippines,Tiferonia schoutedeni(Straneo, 1943)comb. nov.is transferred fromMelanchrousAndrewes, and inclusion ofTiferonia brunnea(Jedlička, 1935) in the genus is confirmed. Characteristics ofTiferoniaand genera that have been proposed as closely related toTiferoniaare discussed and a unique character, the post-ocular sulcus, shared among species ofTiferoniaandHolconotusis proposed as a synapomorphy for these two genera. A key to identify adults of the four species ofTiferoniais provided.