Abstract
The article presents a new description of Camellocossus poltavskyi, sp. n. (type locality: “Mali, Monts Mandingue, SW Sandama”). It is compared with the closely related species Camellocossus ifrit Yakovlev & Witt, 2017 from Sudan and Camellocossus lalibela Yakovlev & Witt, 2017 from Ethiopia. Female of C. poltavskyi is the first known female for the genus. Adults and their genitalia are illustrated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 228-234 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Ecologica Montenegrina |
Volume | 78 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2024 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
- Africa
- Cossoidea
- Paleotropics
- Sahel
- biodiversity
- entomology
- taxonomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Plant Science
- Insect Science