Further studies of African Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
Author
Lott, Derek A.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3168
39
52
journal article
45602
10.5281/zenodo.279788
41edf650-3461-4b7d-9dc8-a67a3ee813ea
1175-5326
279788
Acylophorus lomaensis
Levasseur, 1971
(
Fig. 23
)
Material examined.
BOTSWANA
: Kasane: Chobe Safari Park, banks of Chobe, 17O48’S 25O8’E, M Uhlig, 12– 13.
iii.1993, 10
(
ZMHB
).
Discussion.
Previously only recorded from the
Congo
catchment and the single
type
locality in
Sierra Leone
, this new material of
A. lomaensis
from
Botswana
represents a considerable southward extension of its known distributional range. As with
A. salifi
, there is some variation in the form of the aedeagus and other features between different populations, which may represent a complex of species.