Sehnal Richard
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic..
Zootaxa. 2018 Jan 31;4377(2):291-295. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.9.
The Afrotropical genus Brachylepis Kolbe, 1894 (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini) was established for Coniopholis elephas Gerstaecker, 1867 from Kenya. Subsequently, Brenske (1898) described Brachylepis bennigseni from Tanzania (Pare Mountains), and Lacroix (2009) described B. werneri from Ethiopia (Negele Borana) and synonymised B. bennigseni with B. elephas. Thus, the genus contains only two species. From the closely related Afrotropical leucopholine genera (e.g., Eulepida Kolbe, 1894, Eulepidopsis Burgeon, 1946, Cochliotis Kolbe, 1894) it differs in having nine antennomeres, the terminal maxillary palpomere expanded near midlength, and an incomplete metatibial carina (Lacroix 2009, 2010).
非洲热带地区的短角鳃金龟属(Brachylepis Kolbe,1894年)(鳃金龟科:鳃金龟亚科:白纹鳃金龟族)是为1867年来自肯尼亚的大角短角鳃金龟(Coniopholis elephas Gerstaecker)建立的。随后,布伦斯克(Brenske,1898年)描述了来自坦桑尼亚(帕雷山脉)的本尼格森短角鳃金龟(Brachylepis bennigseni),拉克鲁瓦(Lacroix,2009年)描述了来自埃塞俄比亚(内盖勒博拉纳)的韦纳短角鳃金龟(B. werneri),并将本尼格森短角鳃金龟同义于大角短角鳃金龟。因此,该属仅包含两个物种。与密切相关的非洲热带白纹鳃金龟属(例如,1894年的真鳃金龟属(Eulepida Kolbe)、1946年的拟真鳃金龟属(Eulepidopsis Burgeon)、1894年的耳蜗鳃金龟属(Cochliotis Kolbe))不同,它具有九个触角节,上颚触须末节在近中部处扩展,以及一条不完整的后胫隆线(拉克鲁瓦,2009年,2010年)。