The genus Alphitobius Stephens (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alphitobiini) in Africa and adjacent islands Author Schawaller, Wolfgang Author Grimm, Roland text ZooKeys 2014 415 169 190 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.415.6676 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.415.6676 1313-2970-415-169 23D45EAE2FBE42D29BA6E3775704C29D 23D45EAE2FBE42D29BA6E3775704C29D Alphitobius kochi Ardoin, 1958 Figs 9, 25 Type specimens examined. Cameroon, N'Kongsamba , XI.1956, leg. J. Cantaloube, 4 paratypes TMSA, 2 paratypes NHMB, 1 paratype MNB, 1 paratype ZSM. New material. Cameroon, Bambui, 9 miles NE Bamenda, 1450 m, 29.X.1966, leg. E. S. Ross & K. Lorenzen, 1 ex. CRA. - Cameroon, Doala, 10 m, 20.X.1966, leg. E. S. Ross & K. Lorenzen, 7 ex. CRA, 2 ex. SMNS, 1 ex. CRG. - Ivory Coast, 10 miles SE Touba, 420 m, 20.VIII.1966, leg. E. S. Ross & K. Lorenzen, 12 ex. CRA, 2 ex. SMNS. - Liberia, Cari Suakoko, 17.III.1988, leg. F.-T. Krell, 1 ex. SMNS. - Togo/Ghana, border area, Brou fou, 27.X.1984, leg. K. Erber, 1 ex. SMNS. Type locality. "N'Kongsamba" . Distribution. Cameroon (type locality), Ivory Coast ( Ardoin 1969 , Bremer and Girard 1996 ); Liberia, Togo, Ghana (new records).