A new species of the genus Cyrtonion (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Megasternini) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Author
Fikáček, Martin
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2008
suppl.
2008-08-15
48
1
27
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.4468115
c35feaa1-2b5c-4fa6-98b8-b70660d36f37
ISSN0374-1036
4468115
Cyrtonion sculpticolle
(
Régimbart, 1907
)
(
Figs. 4
,
6
)
Cryptopleurum sculpticolle
Régimbart, 1907: 61
.
Pachysternum sculpticolle
: BALFOUR- BROWNE (1958): generic placement revised;
HANSEN (1999)
: catalogue;
HEBAUER (2006)
: catalogue.
Cyrtonion sculpticolle
:
FIKÁČEK (2006)
: generic placement revised.
Type material examined.
PARATYPE
: ♁, ‘Is.
Fernando Poo
[= Equtorial
Guinea
, Bioko island] / Basile [= Pico Basilé Mt. env.] /
400-
600 m
.s.m. / VIII-IX. 1901 / L. Fea // sculpticolle // Cotype // Coll.A. d’Orchymont //
Cryptopleurum
/ sculpticolle / Rég. / d’Gestro det. 1921 // paratype’ (
IRSN
).
Differential diagnosis.
The species is externally identical with
C. ghanense
and
C. moto
sp. nov.
From the latter species, it differs by pointed apex of the median lobe. From
C. ghanense
, it can be distinguished by narrower median lobe with concave lateral sides on its apical part (
Fig. 4
).
Variation.
Unknown.
Distribution.
This species is so far known only from the
type
series collected on Bioko Island (
Fig. 6
).
HANSEN (1999)
mentioned it also for
Guinea
, referring to the paper by BALFOUR-BROWNE (1958) concerning the hydrophiloid fauna of Mt. Nimba Reserve. However, there are no data referring to
Guinea
in the latter paper. I have found only two specimens from
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
identified as
Pachysternum sculpticolle
by J. Balfour-Browne in
1953 in
the collection of MRAC. These specimens belong to
C. moto
sp. nov.
described above.