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COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN
Volume 65, Issue 2, Pages 109-114Publisher
COLEOPTERISTS SOC
DOI: 10.1649/072.065.0201
Keywords
Gibbiinae; spider beetle; cave; endemic; taxonomy
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- NSF [DEB-0430132]
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Meziomorphum montagu Trimboli and Philips, new species, from Montagu Cave near the town of the same name in South Africa is described. This species, like all others within the genus, is characterized by an unusual pronotal setal structure composed of a thin inflated shell covering the surface to various degrees, as well as stout, erect leg and elytral spines. It is suspected to be a cave endemic, the only species in this genus with this characteristic currently known.
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