Kenyacus, Alluaud, 1917

Kataev, Boris M., 2019, A review of the Afrotropical genus Kenyacus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) from the Rwenzori Mountains, with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 4679 (3), pp. 463-498 : 482

Kenyacus sp.

( Fig. 51c )

Material examined. 1 ♀, “ UGANDA: Western Region, Kasese District, 9.5 km NWW Nyakalengija, Rwenzori Mts. National Park, main trail from John Matte Hut to Nyabitaba Hut , 0°21.97’N 29°57.58’E, accuracy 200 m, extent 15 m, h = 2800 m, Hagenia , Hypericum , Rubus , Impatiens , big gaps with bushes and grass, sifting leaf litter [3596] [Garmin 60CSx; WGS84] V.I. Gusarov, 17.viii.2008, U162” ( ZMUN) .

Remarks. This female is very similar in size and other characters to K. berndi sp. n., but has pronotum with much wider base and with sharper basal angles. In addition, it was collected almost 3 km downstream and about 600 m below from the localities of K. berndi sp. n. in the same valley ( Fig. 51c ). To clarify the status of this female specimen additional material, including males, is needed, but it is very likely that it belongs to a separate, still undescribed species.

Body length 3.9 mm, width 1.7 mm.

Proportions. PWmax/PL 1.34; EL/EW 1.44; EL/PL 2.69; EW/PWmax 1.43; HWmax/PWmax 0.76; HWmin/ PWmax 0.65; PWmax/PWmin 1.17; HWmax/HWmin 1.16.

Figures

FIGURE 51. Kenyacus, distribution. a, K. trechoides sp. n.; b, K. berndi sp. n.; c, Kenyacus sp.