Nebrioporus abyssinicus (Sharp, 1882)

Toledo, Mario, 2009, Revision in part of the genus Nebrioporus Régimbart, 1906, with emphasis on the N. laeviventris-group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Zootaxa 2040, pp. 1-111 : 39

The abyssinicus -group

This group has been defined and revised by Nilsson (1992; 1995a) for a total number of four species, all living in the mountains of tropical eastern Africa ( Fig. 56). A fifth species, from the Arabian Peninsula, is here found to be a member of this group, due to the presence of its main apomorphy and for the male characters. This species can be inserted in Nilsson’s (1992) key as follows: 1. Elytral patterns composed by longitudinal striae. Pronotum reddish-yellow, with more or less developed dark markings, rarely completely black. Mountains of tropical Eastern Africa ................................................................. 2 - Elytra black, with a yellow large sub-basal band and smaller preapical spots. Pronotum always completely black, at the most slightly paler on lateral borders. Arabian Peninsula ....................................................................... N. seriatus 2. Abdominal sterna 1 and 2 with large…

For the diagnosis of the African species of this group, see Nilsson (1992).