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Post by depalma on Apr 22, 2017 13:32:10 GMT -8
Hello,
It does not happen very often, but a new species of Fornasinius has just been described, by myself and C. Di Gennaro, in Entomologia Africana. It is likely a relict population found in the Kidepo Valley and surroundings, NE Uganda.
Description of Fornasinius hermes sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Goliathini)
Entomologia Africana, vol. 22, num. 1, p. 31-38. March 2017.
Best, Michele
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Post by africaone on Apr 23, 2017 7:51:09 GMT -8
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Post by africaone on Apr 23, 2017 21:26:19 GMT -8
list of papers in this issue are hereEntomologia Africana Volume 22 : N°1 (2017) Beinhundner, G. - Description of a new species of Dymusia Burmeister from West Africa (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae) Bordat, P. - Une nouvelle espèce de Simogonius Harold, 1871 de la République centrafricaine (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Aphodiidae) Bouyer, Th. - Descriptions de nouvelles espèces africaines de Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 et note synonymique (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Etude sur les Lycaenidae : note n° 20 Collins, S., Congdon, C. & Bampton, I. † - Review of the Charaxes gallagheri complex resulting in two new species and undescribed morphs of Charaxes gallagheri van Son, 1962 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) De Palma, M. & Di Gennaro, C. - Description of Fornasinius hermes sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Goliathini) Léonard, Ph., Beinhundner, G. & Bouyer, Th. - Complément à l’étude du sous-genre Chelorhinella De Palma & Franz, 2010 (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Cetoniinae, Goliathini) Stewart, J. - Observation of a different fluorescence under ultraviolet light between Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868 and Papilio zoroastres Druce, 1878 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) |
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Post by Borja Gómez on May 29, 2017 10:34:27 GMT -8
Hello
Amazing! Congratulations!
Regards
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Post by exoticimports on May 31, 2017 18:11:49 GMT -8
What does "relic population" mean in this context?
Thanks, Chuck
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Post by depalma on Jun 3, 2017 12:08:05 GMT -8
The holotype was collected on Mt Morungole, which lies within a quite arid valley. The species might be a forest relict restricted to the North-Western part of the East African Montane Forest ecoregion. Some of its characters appear apomorphic in the context of Fornasinius (e.g., the broad and strongly tridentate pro-tibia, which is Hegemus-like). Together, these factors may suggest that F. hermes is a geographic isolate. Needless to say, it is all merely conjectural at this time.
Best, Michele
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