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New taxonomic data on African Chironidae: Description of Chiron vignei Huchet sp. nov. from Tanzania (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new species of the genus Chiron MacLeay, 1819, Chiron vignei Huchet sp. nov., is described from Tanzania and compared with morphologically similar species. This new taxon belongs to the cylindrus species group, defined by a quadridentate labrum and an aedeagus with long, apically acuminate parameres. A distribution map of Chiron vignei Huchet sp. nov. is provided, along with an identification key to Tanzanian species with a quadridentate labrum.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.2.7

Author: JEAN-BERNARD HUCHET

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique

Language: English

Topic: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4414222483

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