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 salifi
Lott, 2010
(
Fig. 22
)
FIGURE 22
. Distribution of
Acylophorus salifi
Lott.
Material examined.
NAMIBIA
: Kavango: Popa Falls, banks of Okavango, 18O7’S 21O35’E, M Uhlig,
27.ii.1992
,
2.iii.1992
,
13.iii.1992
, 1.iv, 1993,
17
.iv.1993, 22 (
ZMHB
).
Discussion.
The new records extend the known range of
A. salifi
to
Namibia
.
Fig. 20
updates the distribution map given by
Lott (2010)
. The bodies of all the Namibian specimens are coloured black with reddish elytra. This is the dominant colour form both in the southern populations found in
Zambia
and
Zimbabwe
and in West African populations. In the
Congo
catchment, the dominant colour form consists of a uniform brown colour and populations are subject to considerable variation in the form of the aedeagus. It may be that the Congolese populations represent a complex of species.