Variability of Zophobas rugipes Kirsch (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninii) in Cuba
The blind click-beetles are the larger tenebrionids of Cuba. In our territory there are two species described, Zophbas rugipes Kirsch with a wide distribution in other West Indies, Central and South America, and Z. cubanus Marcuzzi, endemic to Cuba. Other authors had exposed the variability of Z. rugipes. We have compared all the available material from Cuban collections and have reached the conclusion that the diagnostic characters exposed for z. cubanus, based on a small series, are not valid. Therefore, we consider this taxon as an individual variation of Z. rugipes, and synonymize Z. cubanus under Z. rugipes.
| Author: | Orlando H. Garrido, Esteban Gutierrez |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1159432 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi |
| Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 28.07.2010 |
| Year of first Publication: | 1994 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| Volume: | 08 |
| Issue: | 3-4 |
| Pagenumber: | 3 |
| First Page: | 243 |
| Last Page: | 245 |
| Source: | Gainesville, Fla. : Flora & Fauna Publ. - Insecta Mundi 08:3-4, S. 243-245 |
| HeBIS PPN: | 274284332 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Licence (German): |  Veröffentlichungsvertrag für Publikationen ohne Print on Demand |
