Diplopleurus antepolitus, Pace, 2012

Pace, R., 2012, New data and new species of Aleocharinae from Tropical Africa in the Natural History Museum of the Humboldt University, Berlin (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1331-1362 : 1341

Diplopleurus antepolitus nov.sp. ( Figs 37-40 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype, Kamerun, Bosum bei Termiten, leg. Tessmann (MNHUB). Paratypes: 2 and 1, same origin.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 3.7 mm. Body shiny and yellowish-red, head reddishbrown, elytra and free abdominal tergites free three and four reddish, antennae reddish with the two basal antennomeres yellowish-red, legs reddish with femora yellow. Body devoid of reticulation. Puncturation of the fore-body strong but shallow, on the head absent on the longitudinal median band. Puncturation of the abdomen fine. Pronotum with a deep lateral sulcus. Aedeagus Figs 38-38 , spermatheca Fig. 40.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The aedeagus of the new species is similar to that of D. ruwenzoriensis (BERNHAUER 1934) (olim Astilbus), of which I have examined 2 males of the type series (FMNHC). The aedeagus of the new species is less developed, 0.56 mm long, than that of D. ruwenzoriensis , 0.72 mm long. The ventral preapical profile of the aedeagus of the new species is rectilinear and slightly bent, that of D. ruwenzoriensis is broadly arched. The pronotum of the new species has a deep lateral sulcus, while that of D. ruwenzoriensis has two basal bumps.

E t y m o l o g y: The name of the new species derives from the shiny fore-body and with clear puncturation thate aappers polished, from the Latin politus = smooth, smoothed and shining.

Figures

Figs 37-42: Habitus, aedeagus in lateral and ventral views, spermatheca. (37-40) Diplopleurus antepolitus nov.sp.; (41-42) Diplopleurus perfidus nov.sp. Habitus scale bar Fig. 37: 3.7 mm; Fig. 41: 3.7 mm, other scale bars: 0.1 mm.