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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Key to species of
Craspedophorus leprieuri
group
1 Pronotum more transverse (length to width ratio> 1.6), with maximum width at midlength or immediately behind it, anterior angles widely lobed, strongly protruded anteriorly (Plate 3, Fig. 25). Smaller species (<
17 mm
).
Western
, central to east and south-central Africa................................................................................... 2
-
Pronotum less transverse (length to width ratio <1.6), with maximum width more behind midlength, anterior angles not or weakly lobed and protruded anteriorly. Larger species (>
17 mm
).
Central
, eastern to
South Africa
.....................3
2 Labial palps, antennae (except base), tibiae and tarsi mostly piceo-ferrugineous; elytra with two orange maculae rounded, not fragmented, macular margins not serrate; humeral macula reaching from V. (or VI.) to VIII. interval, with outer macular spots gradually elongate and reaching to humerus, preapical reaching from V. to VIII. interval. Length
15–16 mm
. Cameroon, Guinea, northern DR Congo, Gabon, south-eastern Nigeria...................................
C. cameronus
Bates, 1886
- Labial palps, antennae, tibiae and tarsi black. Elytra with maculae transverse, fragmented; humeral fascia reaching from II., III., IV., V. to VIII. interval, with outer macular spots moved more to base but not longer than most of inner spots, never reaching humerus.......................................................
C. leprieuri
(Laporte de
Castelnau, 1835
)
3 Pronotum with anterior angles weakly lobed and protruded anteriorly, base weakly extened posteriorly. Elytra with maculae transverse, more-or-less fragmented (Plate 3, Figs 26, 27). East-central to south-central Africa along the Rift..............
................................................................................
C. merus
Péringuey, 1904
- Pronotum with anterior angles rounded but not lobed or protruded anteriorly, anterior margin almost parallel with base (Plate 3, Fig. 24). Elytra with maculae circular, not fragmented. South Africa:
Cape Province
,
KwaZulu-Natal
.................................................................................................
C. pretiosus
(
Chaudoir, 1837
)