Morphological Variation Of The Tanzanian Tailed Net-Winged Beetle Lycus Trabeatus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Lycidae) Connotes Subspecific Delimitation

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dc.contributor.authorMatojo, Nicodemus D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-13T11:51:12Z
dc.date.available2017-10-13T11:51:12Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
dc.description.abstractTwo morphotypes of the Tailed Net-winged Beetle Lycus trabeatus Guérin-Méneville, 1835 (Lycidae; Coleoptera), currently listed as a monotypic form, were identified and collected from the field in the southern highlands of Tanzania, where they were uncommon. One category was identified as a holotype female and the other one appeared to be a less described paratype female. Their morphological analysis reveals significant variation that connotes subspecific delimitation. The landmarks here reported as the basis for sub-categorization of L. trabeatus are mainly associated with the elytra upon which two new subspecies namely Lycus t. trabeatus and Lycus t. matojoi are proposed. The findings also expand the biogeographic docket of this insect.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMkwawa University College of Educationen_US
dc.identifier.citationIJSTR, 2014en_US
dc.identifier.issn2277-8616
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4581
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 3;11
dc.subjectColeoptera, holotype, Lycidae, Lycus trabeatus, monotypic, paratype, species, subspeciesen_US
dc.titleMorphological Variation Of The Tanzanian Tailed Net-Winged Beetle Lycus Trabeatus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Lycidae) Connotes Subspecific Delimitationen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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