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
36468
10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.1
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Key to species of
Craspedophorus regalis
group
1 Pronotum with sides of base emarginate, causing center of base to extend toward elytra as a weak peduncle.............. 2
- Pronotal base straight, hind angles rounded.................................................................3
2 Pronotum markedly pedunculate, elytra without maculae, black species (region of the Rift and
east Africa
from
DR Congo
and
Tanzania
to
Mozambique
and
Zambia
)...............................................
C. unicolor
(
Chaudoir, 1879
)
- Pronotum only weakly pedunculate, each elytron with two orange maculae, humeral macula always fascia-shaped (
west Africa
from
Senegal
to
Togo
)................................................................
C. regalis
(
Gory, 1833
)
3 Pronotum with evenly rounded sides, broadly rounded hind angles, and straight base. Elytral striae coarsely punctate, punctures do not extend into intervals (Plate 6, Fig. 49a). Larger species (
28 – 33 mm
), (
west Africa
:
Ivory Coast
–
Cameroon
)................................................................................. ..
C. imperialis
Burgeon, 1930
- Pronotum with straight base and sides in front of hind angles always with an indentation, sometimes with a minor tooth at angles. Elytral striae coarsely punctate, punctures extend to centers of intervals and markedly dislocate them (Plate 6, Fig. 47a). Smaller species (
21–28.2 mm
) (
central Africa
: RCA and northeastern
DR Congo
).......
C. bouvieri
(
Rousseau, 1905
)