A contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Panagaeinae Hope, 1838 from Africa. Part 2. Revision of the Craspedophorus leprieuri and C. regalis groups (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Author
Häckel, Martin
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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Craspedophorus reflexus rugatus
n. ssp.
(Plate 9, Figs 67–68)
Type
material.
Holotype
(
♂
) “
Kamerun
, Prov. Nord-Quest [=
West
] / Str. zw.
Bafoussam
u.
Foumban
/ Umg. Koutaba,
Mandoripa
,
740m
/
N 05°25'
1
.
O 011°00'
7. / leg.
A. Puchner
VIII / 2013
” (cAP, Plate 9, Fig. 67 left).
Paratypes
.
2♂
, same data as holotype (cAP, cMH)
,
1♀
, same data as holotype except: “
1210m
/ N 05°095' O 010°464' / leg.
J. M. Dountio
VI / 2013
” (cAP, cMH, Plate 9, Fig. 68)
;
1♀
: “
Kamerun
, Prov. Extrême
Nord
/ Str. zw.
Maroua
u.
Yagoua
/ Umg. Lara,
500m
/
N 10°09'
5
. O 014°30'0. / leg. J. M. Dountio
X. 2013
” (cAP);
1♂
: “
Kamerun
, Prov.
Centre
/
Region
um
Mbalmayo
/ Umg. Obout,
680m
/
N 03°30'
9
. O 011°43'4. / leg. J. M. Mbida
XII. 2013
” (cAP, Plate 9, Fig. 67 right).
Description of
holotype
.
Length
24.5 mm
, width
9.8 mm
.
Head and pronotum as in variants of other subspecies of
C. reflexus
, pronotum somewhat smaller than in HT of
C. r. reflexus
. Statue smaller and broader, namely elytra less elongate than in
C. r. crampeli
. Differs from populations of
C. l. reflexus
and
C. r. crampeli
by coarser elytral sculpture. Strial punctures larger and deeper, their margins reach centers of intervals, in some instances interrupt or obliterate intervals.
Distribution.
Cameroon
:
Central
, Extreme
North
,
West
Provinces.