A distinctive new species of Protozantaena Perkins, 1997 from lowland Namaqualand, South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae).
| Autor: | Bilton DT; School of Biological and Marine Sciences; University of Plymouth; Drake Circus; Plymouth PL4 8AA; UK; Department of Zoology; University of Johannesburg; PO Box 524; Auckland Park; Johannesburg 2006; South Africa. d.bilton@plymouth.ac.uk., Mlambo MC; Department of Freshwater Invertebrates; Albany Museum; and Department of Zoology and Entomology; Rhodes University; Grahamstown 6140; South Africa. musa.mlambo@gmail.com. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2024 Mar 14; Vol. 5424 (3), pp. 383-388. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 14. |
| DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.3.7 |
| Abstrakt: | Protozantaena gigantea sp. nov. is described, based on specimens collected from residual pools in a drying seasonal river in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Morphologically, the new species appears to be related to P. labrata Perkins, 1997 from Namibia and P. birdi Bilton, 2022, from the Great Escarpment in the Eastern Cape Province. At up to 2.0 mm in body length, the new species, whilst small, is by far the largest African Protozantaena Perkins, 1997 known to date. The opportunity is also taken to report a new record for P. birdi in the Eastern Cape Drakensberg. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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