Cyrtolimnichus punctulatus Delève, 1968: 267,

Hernando, Carles, 2000, Notes on Limnichidae (Coleoptera): Cyrtolimnichus punctulatusDelève new junior synonym ofSimplocarina curticollisPic, The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3), pp. 291-291 : 291

Cyrtolimnichus punctulatus Delève, 1968: 267 , new synonymy

Type material of S. curticollis : Lectotype female (Muséum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, MNHN) (here designated): ‘‘Côte / d’Ivoire [Pic’s handwritting]’’ ‘‘TYPE’’ red label, round lectotype label, ‘‘Museum Paris / Coll. M. Pic’’, ‘‘ Simplocarina curticollis / Pic, 1922’’. Remounted in a new card, with genitalia dissected and glued on it. Paralectotypes: three females ( MNHN), Côte d’Ivoire, Dimbroko, Pic collection, with paralectotype labels (one of them with the genitalia dissected and glued on the card).

Four specimens of S. curticollis were found in the Pic collection. The first specimen of the series was labeled with Pic’s handwriting as from Côte d’Ivoire, without any further detail. The following three were labeled ‘‘ Dimbroko , Côte d’Ivoire’ ’. As in the original description (Pic, M. 1922. Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico­Entomologiques 36:1–32) no details on the number of specimens or their origin (other than Côte d’Ivoire) is given, we considered the first specimen as the lectotype and the other three as paralectotypes.

The holotype male and nine paratypes of C. punctulatus from Parc national de la Garamba (Democratic Republic of Congo), deposited in the Musee Royal de L’Afrique Centrale ( MRAC), were studied (see Delève 1968 for details on these specimens, and for a comprehensive description of the genus and species). Additional studied material of the same species included seven specimens from the NHM ( Zimbabwe, former Mashonaland, Salisbury, G. A. K. Marshall leg.) .

Although the specimens of S. curticollis from Côte d’Ivoire were all females, they were morphologically identical to some of the type specimens of C. punctulatus and the additional material from Salisbury. Variability of other specimens referred to size (between 3.0 to 3.5 mm, head excluded) and color (from brown to almost black). The structure of the aedeagus was identical in all males studied, as well as all structural external characters.

We thank Nicole Berti ( MNHN) and Mark de Meyer ( MRAC) for the loan of specimens for study.