Ground beetles of the tribes Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 and Rhopalomelini Alluaud, 1930 (Carabidae: Licininae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of two new species and faunistic notes
Author
Serrano, Artur R. M.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-01-03
5397
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.1
1175-5326
10468219
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Chlaenius
(
Chlaeniostenus
)
kirschenhoferi
n. sp.
Figure 1
Type material.
Holotype
male: “Coli (Quebo)
Tombali
\ G.-
Bissau
12-
14.7.2006
\ Col. A. Serrano\\ A. Serrano leg.” \\ “
Holotype
male\
Chlaenius
\ (
Chlaeniostenus
) \
kirschenhoferi
n. sp.
\ A. Serrano det. 2023” [t] [h] [red card];
Paratype
male: “Bissor„\
16-17.XI.1983
\ SPEN Nº 466”\\ “A. Serrano leg.” \\ “Miss. Ent. SPEN\ à
Guiné-Bissau
\ 16Nov a 7Dez83” \\ “
Chlaeniostenus
\
anthracoderus
\ Laferté\ Det. A. Serrano, 1993\\ “
Paratype
male\
Chlaenius
\ (
Chlaeniostenus
) \
kirschenhoferi
n. sp.
\ A. Serrano det. 2023” [t] [h] [red card].
Differential diagnosis:
Head bright metallic green, pronotum bright green-copperish laterally, coppery at centre, elytra silky green to matte copperish (except a lateral yellow band); labrum, antennae and legs (except coxae, which are dark brown) yellow-reddish; palpi and distal half of mandibles dark brown; head almost smooth, surface of pronotum smooth, slightly microreticulate in the last third, with scattered punctures; elytra microreticulate, lateral yellowish band reaching the 7
th
stria, slightly broader posteriad; aedeagus (
Figs 1c, d, e
)