Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) grandis Schein, G. Ruter 1949
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) grandis Schein, 1949 (Figs 6-10, 15) Spilophorus (Pseudospilophorus) grandis Schein, 1949: 306–8. Spilophorus grandis. Marais & Holm 1992: 73; Krajčík 1999: 30. Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) grandis. Holm & Perissinotto 2010: 52; Krajčík 2024: 226. Diagnosis. Its close resemblance with S. (P.) holmi sp. nov., described further down, has led to the past confusion and mixing up of characters between the two species. As explained in greater detail under the description of the latter species, the two can be separated mainly on the basis of the colour of their tomentum (white-cream in S. (P.) grandis rather than golden-cream like in S. (P.) holmi), and the size of the protibial ventral tooth, which is rather well- developed in S. (P.) grandis but atrophic in S. (P.) holmi. Also, the central gap between right and left lobes of the aedeagal parameres is virtually obsolete in the latter species, while it is rather wide in the former, as a result of the markedly arcuate inner margins of its lobes. Data Records. Type series. HT ♀, [South Africa]: Barberton [S25°47’ E31°03’], 2.1906, Miss de Beer, Typus Spilophorus grandis m. det. Schein, München (TMSA). Other records. South Africa: 1♀, KZN, False Bay [S 27 o 58’, E 32 o 23’], 27 Mar 2010, Drowned on lake shores, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (RPGS); 1♀, idem, 2 Apr 2010 (BMCS); 2♂, idem, 2 May 2010 (BMCS); 1♂, idem, 16 May 2010 (RPGS); 1♀, idem, Nov 2015 (TGMF); 2♂ + 1♀, ibidem, 11 Nov 2016, Inside aerial nests of Crematogaster peringueyi, R Perissinotto & L Clennell (RPGS) (Fig. 6).
Authors: Perissinotto, Renzo, Garnier, Thierry
Institution: Nelson Mandela University
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7078367658
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