Ctonoxylon kivuensis Schedl, 1957

Ctonoxylon kivuensis Schedl View in CoL

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Ctonoxylon kivuensis Schedl, 1957: 44. View in CoL

Type material.

Holotype, male: [Democratic Republic of the] Congo Belge, Kivu, Mulungu , 2. VIII. 1952, ex Popowia, KE Schedl , leg. [ RMCA, paratype in NHMW].

Diagnosis

(male). Length 1.6 mm. 2.2 × as long as broad; colour brown. Eyes divided, separated by slightly more than the size of upper part; antennal club setose, sutures obscure; male frons slightly impressed, smooth and glabrous in centre, with fine soft setae closer to eyes and vertex; pronotum roughly punctured, with sharp asperities on anterior half, anterior pair of teeth small, located behind front margin; lateral anterior margin of prothorax from middle part to coxa with shallow irregular groove; propleural pit round, deep; elytral striae impressed, punctures large, separated by their diameter or less; vestiture consisting of irregular rows of long, soft bristle-like setae; elytral suture slightly buckled at midlength, apex entire.

Distribution.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Biology.

Only known from the medium altitude ( 732 m) type locality in the Congo basin, breeding in a Popowia branch ( Annonaceae ).