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Madecorphnus simplex Frolov 2010
No full textMadecorphnus simplex Frolov, 2010 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: R. Harin'Hala; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Taxon: scientificName: Madecorphnussimplex; genus: Madecorphnus; specificEpithet: simplex; scientificNameAuthorship: Frolov, 2010; Location: country: Madagascar; stateProvince: Fianarantsoa; verbatimLocality: Parc National Ranomafana, at broken bridge; verbatimElevation: 1110 m; verbatimLatitude: 17°10'30''S; verbatimLongitude: 49°16'05''E; Identification: identifiedBy: Andrey V. Frolov; Event: eventDate: 19-26 March 2002; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35143; institutionCode: CAS; collectionCode: CASENT Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Fisher, Griswold et al.; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Taxon: scientificName: Madecorphnussimplex; genus: Madecorphnus; specificEpithet: simplex; scientificNameAuthorship: Frolov, 2010; Location: country: Madagascar; stateProvince: Fianarantsoa; verbatimLocality: Foret d'Atsirakambiaty, 7.6 km 285° WNW Itremo; verbatimElevation: 1550 m; verbatimLatitude: 20°35'36''S; verbatimLongitude: 046°33'48''E; Identification: identifiedBy: Andrey V. Frolov; Event: eventDate: 22-26 January 2003; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35143; institutionCode: CAS; collectionCode: CASENT Distribution The species was described from one specimen from Ambatofitorahana. The new locality records include Itremo Massif and Ranomafana National Park (Fig. 3).Published as part of Frolov, Andrey V., 2013, Little known Orphninae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) collected by the Madagascan expeditions of the California Academy of Sciences 1, pp. 1016 in Biodiversity Data Journal 1 on page 1016, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e101
Madecorphnus niger Frolov 2010
No full text<p>Madecorphnus niger Frolov, 2010</p> <p>Materials</p> <p>Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: B. Fisher; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Taxon: scientificName: Madecorphnusniger; Location: country: Madagascar; stateProvince: Antananarivo; verbatimLocality: 3 km 41° NE Andranomay, 11.5 km 147° SSE Anjozorobe; verbatimElevation: 1300 m; verbatimLatitude: 18°28'24"S; verbatimLongitude: 47°57'36"E; Identification: identifiedBy: Andrey V. Frolov; Event: eventDate: 5-13 Dec 2000; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35143; institutionCode: CAS; collectionCode: CASENT Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: B. Fisher; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Taxon: scientificName: Madecorphnusniger; Location: country: Madagascar; verbatimLocality: Toamasina Parc National de Zahamena, Onibe River; verbatimElevation: 780 m; verbatimLatitude: 17°45'33"S; verbatimLongitude: 048°51'17"E; Identification: identifiedBy: Andrey V. Frolov; Event: eventDate: 21-23 February; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35143; institutionCode: CAS; collectionCode: CASENT</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>This species was known from 2 types from Perinet (Andasibe). The two additional localities reported here are situated 70 km NNW and 140 km NNE of the type locality, both within the humid forest biome (Fig. 3).</p> <p>Taxon discussion</p> <p>Type specimens of Madecorphnus niger were damaged (lacked endophalluses) and the species was described chiefly on the basis of the distinctive shape of the aedeagus. Examination of the newly available material showed that the endophallus armature is also quite distinctive. The armature consists of three similar, highly sclerotized, tooth-like sclerites (Fig. 1). Other sclerites or fields of spinules are absent.</p>Published as part of <i>Frolov, Andrey V., 2013, Little known Orphninae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) collected by the Madagascan expeditions of the California Academy of Sciences 1, pp. 1016 in Biodiversity Data Journal 1</i> on page 1016, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e101
Insectophagichnata Enushchenko and Frolov
No full textClassis INSECTOPHAGICHNATA (Vialov) Enushchenko and Frolov, comb. et stat. nov. = gr. Insectophagichnacea Vialov 1975: 152. Fossil Insect Feeding TracesPublished as part of <i>Enushchenko, Ilya V. & Frolov, Аndrey O., 2020, Revision of existing classification of fossil insect feeding traces and description of new ichnotaxa from Middle Jurassic sediments of Eastern Siberia (Russia), pp. 347-359 in Zootaxa 4758 (2)</i> on page 350, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3734562">http://zenodo.org/record/3734562</a>
Aphodius petri: a replacement name for the primary junior homonym Aphodius kozlovi Frolov, 2009 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
No full textFrolov, Andrey V. (2014): Aphodius petri: a replacement name for the primary junior homonym Aphodius kozlovi Frolov, 2009 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Zootaxa 3847 (3): 449-449, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.1
Madecorphnus dentatus Frolov 2010
No full textMadecorphnus dentatus Frolov, 2010 (Figure 6.) Frolov 2010a: 1105. Material examined. Two males at FMNH labeled “ MADAGASCAR: Enakara / (13 km NW), Rés Ando- / hahela, 24º33’S, 46º / 48’E, 1250m, montane / rainforest, 30.XI.1992 // FMHD #92-165, Winkler / extraction of sifted litter / (leaf mold, rotten wood) / B. L. Fisher #561 (1-50) / FIELD MUS. NAT.” The new locality is near the type locality of the species on the Andohahelo plateau. Both specimens are similar in size to the holotype. One specimen has the right mandible 1.5 times longer than the left, and similar in shape to that of the holotype of M. grandis new species.Published as part of Frolov, Andrey V., Smith, Andrew B. T. & Akhmetova, Lilia A., 2017, A new species of the genus Madecorphnus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from Madagascar in Zootaxa 4341 (2), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/103949
Onorius Frolov & Vaz-de-Mello 2015
No full textOnorius Frolov & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015 Type species Onorius inexpectatus Frolov & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015, by original designation.Published as part of Frolov, Andrey V., Akhmetova, Lilia A. & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of the Neotropical canopy dwelling genus Onorius (Coleopteraı Scarabaeidaeı Orphninae): another species from southern Ecuador and notes on the hind gut morphology in the Orphninae, pp. 1071-1077 in Journal of Natural History 53 (17) on page 1072, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1632952, http://zenodo.org/record/367333
Madecorphnus grandis Frolov, Smith
No full textMadecorphnus grandis Frolov, Smith, and Akhmetova, new species (Figures 1–5.) Type material. Holotype: male at FMNH labeled “ MADAGASCAR: Befin- / gotra (11.0 km WSW), / Rés Anjanaharibe-Sud, / 14º45’S, 49º27’E, / 1565m, montane rain- / forest, 16.XI.1994 // FMHD #94-58, Winkler / extraction of sifted litter / (leaf mold, rotten wood) / B. L. Fisher #1232 (1-50) / FIELD MUS. NAT.”. Description. Holotype, male (Figs. 1–5). Body length 7.5 mm (without mandibles). Color uniformly dark brown, almost black, legs and underside of body somewhat paler. Right mandible 2 times longer than left, without tooth behind apex (Fig. 3). Labrum subtrapezoidal, with slightly rounded sides, length about 1/8 width (in dorsal view). Clypeus slightly asymmetrical, apically obtuse, with 2 long and 3 shorter setae on the apical margin. Canthus and frontal suture indistinct. Clypeus slightly depressed apicomedially. Head without traces of frontoclypeal suture, finely punctate with minute punctures separated by greater than 4 times their diameter. Pronotum approximately 1.5 times wider than long, widest medially. Disc of pronotum convex, without any depressions, tubercles, or ridges. Punctation on pronotum similar to that on head. Margins with relatively wide border, lateral margins with 4 long setae: 1 seta on basal angle, 1 seta approximately in the middle of lateral margin, and 2 setae on the apical angle. Scutellum triangular, angulate apically, about 1/12 length of elytra. Elytra convex, with distinct humeral and apical umbones, widest at basal third. First stria distinct and reaching the apex of elytron, other striae indistinct. Elytra with double punctation: entire surface with minute punctures similar to those on head and pronotum; disc with larger, sparse, elongate, setigerous punctures. Epipleura with long, sparse, brown setae. Base of elytron with border from scutellum to humeral callus. Wings fully developed. Protibiae with 3 outer teeth, lateral margin basad of outer teeth not crenulate. Apex with robust, spur-like seta and a few smaller setae basally. Mesothoracic and metathoracic legs similar in shape to each other. Longer tibial spur shorter than mesotarsomeres 1–2 in mesothoracic legs and as long as metatarsomeres 1–2 in metathoracic legs. Apices of parameres rounded in lateral view (Fig. 4). Lateral teeth of parameres poorly developed, situated approximately in middle of lateral paramere margin. Endophallus with 2 large, robust spinules with a sclerotization near base of one of spinules, and 2 smaller, comma-shaped sclerites (Fig. 5). Female unknown. Diagnosis. This species is similar to M. peyrierasi Frolov, 2010 and, especially, M. perinetensis Frolov, 2010 in the shape of the endophallus armature but differs in having comma-shaped sclerites longer than in other species, wider and rounded in lateral view apices of parameres, and in less developed lateral teeth of parameres. The new species is also 1.5–2.0 mm longer than M. peyrierasi and M. perinetensis specimens and somewhat longer than the holotype of M. falcatus Paulian, 1992, the largest Madecorphnus species known so far. Distribution. The new species is known from a tropical rainforest in the Anjanaharibe-Sud Reserve, in mid-altitude escarpments of northern Madagascar (Fig. 6). The nearest Madecorphnus locality is that of M. barclayi Frolov, 2012 in the northern part of the Masoala Peninsula (Frolov 2012), some 100 km southeast of Anjanaharibe-Sud. The similar species M. peyrierasi and M. perinetensis occur some 500 km to the south (Fig. 6). Etymology. Adjective in the nominative singular. From the Latin grandis for large, denoting the relatively large size of the species.Published as part of Frolov, Andrey V., Smith, Andrew B. T. & Akhmetova, Lilia A., 2017, A new species of the genus Madecorphnus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from Madagascar in Zootaxa 4341 (2), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/103949
Madecorphnus peyrierasi Frolov 2010
No full textMadecorphnus peyrierasi Frolov, 2010 (Figs. 27 A–F) Madecorphnus peyrierasi Frolov, 2010c: 1109. Type material examined. Holotype (Figs. 27 A–E), male, “ MADAGASCAR EST PERINET XI.1972 A.PEYRIERAS / Holotypus Madec. peyrierasi Frolov 2009 ” (MNHN). Paratypes: one female with the same data as the holotype (MNHN); one female, “ Madagascar East Perinet A.Peyrieras X-1972 ” (MNHN); one male, “La Mandraka A. Peyrieras 25-III-1975 ” (MNHN); one male, “ Madagascar Est route d'Anosibe A. Peyrieras 6.IV.1975 ” (MNHN). Diagnosis. This species is similar to M. perinetensis externally and in the shape of the internal sac armature, but can be separated from it by the different shape of the parameres and somewhat smaller eyes (Figs. 27 A–B). Description. Male. Body length 4.6–6.2 mm. Color uniformly brown, head slightly darker (Fig. 27 A). Right mandible about 1.7–1.2 times longer than left, without tooth behind apex. Labrum trapezoidal, length about 1/6 width (in dorsal view). Frontoclypeus asymmetrical, slightly convex anteriorly, obtuse, with 2 long and 2 shorter setae on the anterior margin. Frontoclypeus slightly depressed in the middle anteriorly, finely punctate. Pronotum 1.8 times wider than long, widest medially. Margins with relatively wide border, lateral margins with 4 long setae. Pronotum evenly convex, minutely punctate. Elytra convex, with distinct humeral and apical tubercules. Maximum width approximately at basal 1/3. First stria distinct and reaching the apex of elytron, other striae indistinct. Disc of elytra with sparsely punctate with relatively large punctures. Epipleura with long, sparse, brown setae. Base of elytra with border from scutellum to humeral callus. Protibiae with 3 outer teeth, lateral margin basad of outer teeth not crenulate. Apex with robust, spur-like seta and a few smaller setae basally. Mesothoracic and metathoracic legs similar in shape. Longer tibial spur shorter than 2 basal tarsomeres in mesothoracic legs and as long as 2 tarsomeres in metathoracic legs. Parameres tapering apically, acute in lateral view (Fig. 27 B). Internal sac with 2 longer and 2 smaller sclerites (Figs. 27 D, E). Female. Females differ from males in having short subsymmetrical mandibles, long protibial spur, and wider elytra. Distribution and habitat. Madecorphnus peyrierasi is known from one locality in Adringitra Massif, southeastern Madagascar (Fig. 27 F).Published as part of Frolov, Andrey V., Montreuil, Olivier & Akhmetova, Lilia A., 2016, Review of the Madagascan Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with a revision of the genus Triodontus Westwood, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 4207 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/20044
The taxonomic status of Aphodius insperatus Petrovitz, A. longipennis Rakovič and A. inylchekensis Frolov (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
No full textFrolov, Andrey V., Akhmetova, Lilia A., Král, David (2020): The taxonomic status of Aphodius insperatus Petrovitz, A. longipennis Rakovič and A. inylchekensis Frolov (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Zootaxa 4728 (3): 390-394, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.
Renorphnus Frolov & Montreuil 2009
No full textGenus Renorphnus Frolov & Montreuil, 2009 Renorphnus Frolov & Montreuil, 2009: 65. Type species. Orphnus clementi Petrovitz, by original designation. Diagnosis. Renorphnus are small beetles (body length 7.0– 9.5 mm), with uniform brown coloration. Mandibles are subsymmetrical. Frontoclypeus of both sexes is not tuberculate but with more or less raised anterior margin in the middle. Pronotum is wider than long, smooth, similar in both sexes of most examined specimens, with shallow, sometimes almost indistinct depression anteriorly and 2 small tubercles at each side of the depression. Propleurae are smooth, convex, without carinae separating anterolateral areas from basal area. Scutellum is triangular, narrowly rounded apically, about 1/12 length of elytra. Elytra convex with humeral humps, only first stria distinct. Wings fully developed. Metepisternon triangular, tapering caudally, with slightly widened anterodorsal angle slightly overlapping epypleuron. Protibiae of males with apical outer tooth directed almost parallel to the inner margin of tibia, while in female it is directed somewhat laterad. Phallobase strongly sclerotized dorsally and with a thin membrane ventrally. Parameres tapering apically in lateral view and with a minute tooth at apex, without setae. Internal sac of the aedeagus with an area composed of small spinules and with 2 characteristic semicircular sclerites. From the other Madagascar genera, Renorphnus can be separated by having larger eyes (width of eye in dorsal view about 1.8 times smaller than distance between eyes), disc of pronotum with 2 feebly developed tubercles in the middle in majority of specimens and apical outer tooth of protibia almost parallel to internal margin of the tibia in males.Published as part of Frolov, Andrey V., Montreuil, Olivier & Akhmetova, Lilia A., 2016, Review of the Madagascan Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with a revision of the genus Triodontus Westwood, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 4207 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/20044
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