Stenosternus costatus Karsch, 1881
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1881 or before
Rediscovered in 2015 or before
Distribution
São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Karsch, F. (1881). Über von Herrn Professor R.Greeff auf den Guinea-Inseln gesammelte Coleopteren. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881: 55-62.
Other references:
Frolov, Andrey V. (2013). Stenosternus Karsch, a possible link between Neotropical and Afrotropical Orphninae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). ZooKeys 335: 33-46.
Frolov, Andrey V. and Akhmetova, Lilia A. (2015). Rediscovery of the enigmatic Stenosternus costatus Karsch (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from São Tomé Island. Zootaxa 4007(3): 440-444. [Abstract]
Karsch, F. (1887). Altes und Neues über Koleopteren. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 31: 1-8.
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