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

Abstract

New synonyms of the genus ToxocnemaFåhraeus, 1870 (Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae: Ulomini) are established: Toxocnema fungicolaKoch, 1953 (Toxocnema fungicolaSchawaller, 2009 n. syn.), Toxocnema quintanilhaiKoch, 1953 (Toxocnema leleupiSchawaller, 2009 n. syn.), Toxocnema rufitarsisFåhraeus, 1870 (Toxocnema neopsectropisKoch, 1953 n. syn.), and Toxocnema thorneiKoch, 1953 (Toxocnema ruthmuelleraeSchawaller, 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.