Somoplatus fulvus Mulsant & Godart, 1867

Schüle, Peter, 2009, Notes on the genus Somoplatus Dejean, 1829 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with descriptions of five new species, African Invertebrates 50 (2), pp. 461-461 : 470-471

Somoplatus fulvus Mulsant & Godart, 1867

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Somoplatus fulvus: Mulsant & Godart 1867: 411 ; Gangelbauer 1892: 396; Burgeon 1936: 307; Jeannel 1942: 1016; Basilewsky 1953: 1032; 1967: 1749; 1969: 342; 1984: 32; 1986: 245. (Type possibly lost.)

Somoplatus marseuli Chaudoir, 1876: 7 (type in MNHN). Synonymy established by Gangelbauer (1892).

New country records: 3♀‘ IVORY COAST, NE, Comoé National Park , v. 2000, Philippe Moretto leg., inside termite hill’ ( PSC) ; 2♀‘ MALAWI centr., Luwawa (30 km S Mzimba), 30.-31.xii.2001, J. Bezdek leg’ ( SMNH, PSC) ; 1 ♂ 1♀‘ BURKINA FASO: NAHOURI, Forêt de Nazinga, Akwazena , 275m, 11°09'24"N: 1°36'44"E, 26.vii.2006, zone soudanienne savane boisée, piège lumineux, F. & S. Génier, 2006-76’ ( FGC) ; 1 ♂ SOUTH AFRICA: ‘RSA: Northern Province [= Limpopo], Thabaphaswa Farm, 1400 m N, Potgietersrus , 13.-14.xii.2003, leg. W. Schawaller’ ( SMNH) .

Distribution: West, Central and South Africa.

Figures

Figs 1–8. Habitus of Somoplatus spp.: (1) S. depilis sp. n., _ holotype; (2) S. pilicollis sp. n., ^paratype, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (3) S. morettoi sp. n., _ holotype; (4) S. fulvus ^, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (5) S. septentrionalis, ^, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (6) S. ivoirensis sp. n., _ holotype; (7) S. girardi, _; (8) S. genierorum sp. n., _ holotype. Scale bars = 2 mm.

Figs 9–16.Antennae of Somoplatus spp.: (9) S. depilis sp. n., _ holotype; (10) S. pilicollis sp. n., ^paratype, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (11) S. morettoi sp. n., _ holotype; (12) S. fulvus, ^, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (13) S. septentrionalis, ^, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (14) S. ivoirensis sp. n., _ holotype; (15) S. girardi, _; (16) S. genierorum sp. n., _ holotype. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figs 17–23. Aedeagi of Somoplatus spp.: (17) S. depilis sp. n., holotype; (18) S. pilicollis sp. n., holotype; (19) S. morettoi sp. n., holotype; (20) S. fulvus (after Basilewsky 1986); (21) S. ivoirensis sp. n., holotype; (22) S. girardi, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (MRAC); (23) S. genierorum sp. n., holotype. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Figs 24–30. Stylomere 2 of Somoplatus spp. ^: (24) S. depilis sp. n., paratype, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (25) S. pilicollis sp. n., paratype, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (26) S. fulvus, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (27) S. septentrionalis, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (28) S. ivoirensis sp. n., paratype; (29) S. girardi, Ivory Coast, Comoé National Park (PSC); (30) S. genierorum sp. n., paratype, Burkina Faso, Forêt de Nazinga. Scale bar = 0.5 mm in Figs 24, 25, 28–30; 2 mm in Figs 26, 27.