Nine new species of Clada from Madagascar (Coleoptera, Ptinidae)

Abstract

Abstract

Nine new species of the genus Clada (s. str.) Pascoe, 1887 ( Bostrichoidea : Ptinidae : Eucradinae ) are described from Madagascar: Clada ( Clada) barclayi sp. n., C. ( C.) dimbyi sp. n., C. ( C.) fasciata sp. n., C. ( C.) lalae sp. n., C. ( C.) madagascarensis sp. n., C. ( C.) mamyi sp. n., C. ( C.) njakai sp. n., C. ( C.) obesa sp. n., and C. ( C.) rindrai sp. n. No species of this genus were previously known from Madagascar. Photographs of the dorsal habiti and drawings the male and female antennae and aedeagi of most of these species are given.