Afrolaena palpata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Lagriinae
Tribus: Laenini
Genus: Afrolaena
Species: Afrolaena palpata

Name

• Afrolaena palpata Endrödy-Younga & Schawaller, 2002: 16, figs. 7, 30-33, 47

Holotype: TMSA, ♂, 16.11.1989, E-Y: 2679, ground-traps for 12 days with banana bait, leg. Endrödy & Klimaszewski.

Type locality: S. Afr., Natal, Weza, Impetyene Forest, 30.37 S - 29.42 E.

References

• Endrödy-Younga, S. & Schawaller, W. 2002. First record of Laenini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from South Africa, with descriptions of two new genera and several new species. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 39: 9–21. Full article PDF Reference page.  [original description: p. 16, figs. 7, 30-33, 47]