New taxonomic and faunistic data on species of the genus Toxocnema Fåhraeus (Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae: Ulomini) from South Africa and Mozambique1

Abstract

Abstract New synonyms of the genus Toxocnema Fåhraeus, 1870 (Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae: Ulomini) are established: Toxocnema fungicola Koch, 1953 (Toxocnema fungicola Schawaller, 2009 n. syn.), Toxocnema quintanilhai Koch, 1953 (Toxocnema leleupi Schawaller, 2009 n. syn.), Toxocnema rufitarsis Fåhraeus, 1870 (Toxocnema neopsectropis Koch, 1953 n. syn.), and Toxocnema thornei Koch, 1953 (Toxocnema ruthmuellerae Schawaller, 2009 n. syn.). New locality data are added. The ground dwelling species of Toxocnema are elements in arboreal habitats in eastern South Africa, Swaziland, and southern Mozambique.