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<paragraph id="89762900AC333B54FF02D92F5FCDFEDF" blockId="127.[211,1445,300,1863]" box="[211,910,362,382]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">5 individus: Lamotte,1946; Lamotte, Amiet et Vanderplaetsen, 1956-1957.</paragraph>
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, 1 ♁,
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et
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;
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, 4 ♁,
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<collectingDate id="ED33F628AC333B54FEE4D9875DE1FE78" box="[309,418,450,473]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" value="1946-08">août 1946</collectingDate>
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, mont
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Il ressemble, en plus petit, au
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FDF1DA655F4FFD96" box="[544,780,544,567]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Megapenthoides perditus</emphasis>
Candèze, 1896
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, son congénère des forêts gabonaises et camerounaises.
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exemplaires du
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ont tous été capturés aux alentours de Ziéla, en forêt primaire de piedmont. Malgré nos recherches dans le sous-bois et les galeries forestières de moyenne altitude près de Ziéla, il na pas encore été repris.
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DESCRIPTION. — Longueur,
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.
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Dun brun testacé plus ou moins foncé selon les individus.
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pattes nettement plus claires, presque flavescentes; les antennes sombres à lexception des deux premiers articles qui sont plus clairs. Pubescence dun jaune pâle, les poils petits mais bien visibles.
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<collectingRegion id="4B0DE7E2AC333B54FF23DB6D5D5DFC9E" box="[242,286,808,831]" country="Mozambique" name="Tete" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Tête</collectingRegion>
fortement déclive vers lavant, très modérément convexe, la carène clypéo-frontale bien visible, lisse et un peu brillante, assez fortement et régulièrement arquée vue de dessus, non sinuée vue de face. Ponctuation très dense, régulière, les points superficiels mais bien imprimés, assez larges, les intervalles presque nuls.- Antennes natteignant pas lextrémité des pointes postérieures du pronotum, le deuxième article petit et subglobuleux, le troisième triangulaire, plus long que large, plus long que le second, moins large mais aussi long que le suivant; articles quatre à dix subégaux, très légèrement plus longs que larges, le onzième ovalaire, un tiers plus long que le pénultième.
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<paragraph id="89762900AC333B54FF20DBB05F36FBD3" blockId="127.[211,1445,300,1863]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Pronotum un peu plus long que large, assez fortement convexe, brusquement déclive seulement à sa base, le bord antérieur à peine arqué, les côtés peu obliques, subparallèles chez deux individus, très modérément arrondis en avant, droits ensuite jusquà lapex des pointes postérieures qui sont robustes et bien développées. Ponctuation très dense, les points superficiels mais bien visibles, les intervalles presque nuls.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="89762900AC333B54FF20DC3B581EFB78" blockId="127.[211,1445,300,1863]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Élytres environ deux fois et demie plus longs que le pronotum, parallèles jusquau milieu puis un peu arqués ensuite jusquau sommet, lapex un peu sinué. Striés-ponctués, les points plus gros et mieux imprimés vers la base, petits et fins à lapex; interstries microgranulés dans le tiers basal, alutacés ensuite jusquau sommet.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="89762900AC333B54FF20DCA15E11FB5A" blockId="127.[211,1445,300,1863]" box="[241,594,1252,1275]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Organe copulateur mâle (Fig. 79).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="89762900AC333B54FF20DD435DF3FABC" blockId="127.[211,1445,300,1863]" box="[241,432,1286,1309]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Femelle inconnue.</paragraph>
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DISTRIBUTION. —
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: mont Nimba.
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ÉTYMOLOGIE. — Par allusion au mont
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.
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REMARQUES. — Trois des quatre
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FD94DDFC5E9DFA71" box="[581,734,1465,1488]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Megapenthoides</emphasis>
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récoltés au Nimba étaient inconnus et le quatrième,
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FADADDFC5D00FA53" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Megapenthoides intermedius</emphasis>
Cobos
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, découvert il y a quelques années au
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, est pour la première fois signalé dun autre pays que celui dont il est originaire. Au total, le genre compte à présent onze espèces en Afrique intertropicale dont cinq sont du
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; ce sont
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FEF0DE5A5DD9F997" box="[289,410,1567,1590]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. contiguus</emphasis>
Cobos, 1970
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,
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FDE1DE5A5EA3F997" box="[560,736,1567,1590]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. descarpentriesi</emphasis>
Cobos, 1970
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,
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FCA5DE5A5F9FF997" box="[884,988,1567,1590]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. imitans</emphasis>
Cobos, 1970
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,
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FBA0DE5A58BFF997" box="[1137,1276,1567,1590]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. minusculus</emphasis>
Cobos, 1970
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, et
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FF02DE045D24F9F9" box="[211,359,1601,1624]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. intermedius</emphasis>
Cobos, 1970
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, qui vient dêtre repris au Nimba; une du
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,
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<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FBCDDE0458CEF9F9" box="[1052,1165,1601,1624]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. perditus</emphasis>
(Candèze 1896)
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, que lon rencontre aussi sporadiquement au
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;
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283AC333B54FD16DE215FADF9DA" authority="(Schwarz 1900)" baseAuthorityName="Schwarz" baseAuthorityYear="1900" box="[711,1006,1636,1659]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugulosus">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FD16DE215F07F9DA" box="[711,836,1636,1659]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. rugulosus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="ED5854F1AC333B54FC83DE215FA4F9DA" author="SCHWARZ O." box="[850,999,1636,1659]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" pagination="113 - 139" refId="ref99109" refString="de Liege 32: 113 - 139. SCHWARZ O. 1900. - Neue Elateriden aus Afrika. Deutsche entomologische" type="journal article" year="1900">Schwarz 1900</bibRefCitation>
)
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est quant à lui localisé en
<collectingCountry id="F1DE6990AC333B54FAD5DE215920F9DA" box="[1284,1379,1636,1659]" name="Tanzania" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Tanzanie</collectingCountry>
, et
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283AC333B54FA58DE215D92F93C" authority="(Fleutiaux 1935)" baseAuthorityName="Fleutiaux" baseAuthorityYear="1935" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="patrizii">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FA58DE215D5AF93C" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. patrizii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="ED5854F1AC333B54FEF9DEC35D8AF93C" author="FLEUTIAUX E." box="[296,457,1670,1693]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" refId="ref96908" refString="FLEUTIAUX E. 1935. - Eucnemidae et Elateridae nouveaux. Bulletin &amp; CANDEZE E. 1895. - Elaterides du Togo. Deutsche entomologische Zeits-" type="book" year="1935">Fleutiaux 1935</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
semble spécial à la
<collectingCountry id="F1DE6990AC333B54FD77DEC35EB9F93C" box="[678,762,1670,1693]" name="Somalia" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Somalie</collectingCountry>
. Enfin, trois espèces nouvelles,
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283AC333B54FB99DEC3593FF93C" authority="Girard 1991" authorityName="Girard" authorityYear="1991" box="[1096,1404,1670,1693]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="montisnimbae">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FB99DEC358B2F93C" box="[1096,1265,1670,1693]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. montisnimbae</emphasis>
Girard 1991
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283AC333B54FA58DEC35D62F91E" authority="Girard, 2003" authorityName="Girard" authorityYear="2003" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lamottei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FA58DEC35D62F91E" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M. lamottei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A08E4869AC333B54FEFEDEED5D29F91E" box="[303,362,1704,1727]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, et
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283AC333B54FE41DEED5E4CF91E" authority="Girard, 2003" authorityName="Girard" authorityYear="2003" box="[400,527,1704,1727]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nimbanus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FE41DEED5DE7F91E" box="[400,420,1704,1727]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FE63DEED5E4CF91E" box="[434,527,1704,1727]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">nimbanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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, ont été découvertes au Nimba.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="89762900AC333B54FF20DE8F5D01F8E6" blockId="127.[211,1445,300,1863]" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">
En résumé, il est certain que les récentes recherches de lentomofaune forestière dans lOuest de lAfrique ont permis daugmenter de façon significative la richesse de ce petit genre. Toutefois, aujourdhui encore, les seuls
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283AC333B54FB0EDEA9593BF8A2" authorityName="Girard" authorityYear="2003" box="[1247,1400,1772,1795]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="127" pageNumber="520" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512AC333B54FB0EDEA9593BF8A2" box="[1247,1400,1772,1795]" italics="true" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Megapenthoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
que lon connaisse de lAfrique occidentale sont ceux qui ont été trouvés au mont
<collectingRegion id="4B0DE7E2AC333B54FBD5DF4B580EF884" box="[1028,1101,1806,1829]" country="Liberia" name="Nimba" pageId="127" pageNumber="520">Nimba</collectingRegion>
. La clé suivante permettra de les distinguer.
</paragraph>
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1. — Pronotum plus long que large....................................................... 2 — Pronotum sensiblement aussi long que large............................................. 3 2. —
<collectingRegion id="4B0DE7E2ACCC3BABFE9BD9315D3AFE2A" box="[330,377,372,395]" country="Mozambique" name="Tete" pageId="128" pageNumber="521">Tête</collectingRegion>
, pronotum et élytres entièrement dun brun marron uniforme, les élytres non éclaircis vers la base; antennes assez courtes et natteignant pas les pointes postérieures du pronotum; côtés du pronotum subparallèles, à peine obliques, peu arqués en avant; espèce daspect étroit et parallèle; longueur
<quantity id="4E3184E5ACCC3BABFEA3D9845DBCFE79" box="[370,511,449,472]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.7" metricValueMax="5.2" metricValueMin="4.2" pageId="128" pageNumber="521" unit="mm" value="4.7" valueMax="5.2" valueMin="4.2">4,2 à 5,2 mm</quantity>
.....................................................
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283ACCC3BABFBA9D9845896FE79" authority="Girard, 2003" authorityName="Girard" authorityYear="2003" box="[1144,1237,449,472]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="128" pageNumber="521" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nimbanus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512ACCC3BABFBA9D9845896FE79" box="[1144,1237,449,472]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="521">nimbanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<collectingRegion id="4B0DE7E2ACCC3BABFEFCD99F5D1FFE50" box="[301,348,474,497]" country="Mozambique" name="Tete" pageId="128" pageNumber="521">Tête</collectingRegion>
, pronotum et moitié apicale des élytres dun brun de poix, la base des élytres toujours largement éclaircie, dun jaune roux; les antennes plus longues et plus robustes que celles de lespèce précédente; côtés du pronotum peu arqués en avant, mais plus obliques; élytres longuement arqués; espèce un peu plus grande et dun aspect plus robuste; longueur
<quantity id="4E3184E5ACCC3BABFCCCDA625F2DFD9F" box="[797,878,551,574]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.6" pageId="128" pageNumber="521" unit="mm" value="4.6">4,6 mm</quantity>
......................
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283ACCC3BABFB56DA625896FD9F" authority="Girard, 2003" authorityName="Girard" authorityYear="2003" box="[1159,1237,551,574]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="128" pageNumber="521" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lamottei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512ACCC3BABFB56DA625896FD9F" box="[1159,1237,551,574]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="521">lamottei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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3.- Corps entièrement dun brun de poix, les angles huméraux et une partie des élytres très légèrement éclaircis; côtés du pronotum faiblement arqués en avant, droits et modérément obliques ensuite jusquà lextrémité des pointes postérieures; ponctuation très dense, à points larges et plus serrés vers sa base; les interstries des élytres fortement granuleux jusquau milieu puis chagrinés jusquà lapex; longueur
<quantity id="4E3184E5ACCC3BABFEA3DAF75D87FD68" box="[370,452,690,713]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.6" pageId="128" pageNumber="521" unit="mm" value="4.6">4,6 mm</quantity>
.......................................................
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283ACCC3BABFB9CDAF7595EFD68" authority="Girard" authorityName="Girard" authorityYear="1991" box="[1101,1309,690,713]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="128" pageNumber="521" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="montisnimbae">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512ACCC3BABFB9CDAF75890FD68" box="[1101,1235,690,713]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="521">montisnimbae</emphasis>
Girard
</taxonomicName>
— Pronotum dun brun rougeâtre, avec sa base et les pointes postérieures rembrunies; élytres rougeâtres vers la base sur les angles huméraux, la moitié apicale et les deux premiers interstries fortement rembrunis; le pronotum à côtés plus nettement arqués en avant, sa ponctuation très dense, mais les points moins serrés et moins larges, notamment dans sa partie basale, que chez lespèce précédente; élytres granuleux vers la base, ponctués vers le sommet; espèce plus robuste; longueur
<quantity id="4E3184E5ACCC3BABFEDEDB095D27FCC2" box="[271,356,844,867]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" pageId="128" pageNumber="521" unit="mm" value="6.5">6,5 mm</quantity>
..................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4EC95283ACCC3BABFBB5DB09595EFCC2" authority="Cobos" authorityName="Cobos" authorityYear="1970" box="[1124,1309,844,867]" class="Insecta" family="Elateridae" genus="Megapenthoides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="128" pageNumber="521" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intermedius">
<emphasis id="BBBDF512ACCC3BABFBB5DB095897FCC2" box="[1124,1236,844,867]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="521">intermedius</emphasis>
Cobos
</taxonomicName>
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