Afrotormus metallescens Hansen, 1999

Fikáček, Martin, Minoshima, Yûsuke, Vondráček, Dominik, Gunter, Nicole & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2013, Morphology of adults and larvae and integrative taxonomy of southern hemisphere genera Tormus and Afrotormus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 75-126 : 118-119

Afrotormus metallescens Hansen, 1999

( Figs 18 D–E, 18J, 19B)

Afrotormus metallescens Hansen, 1999a: 147 . Type locality. Republic of South Africa, Western Cape Province, Heuningnes River, 34.42°S 20.02°E.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂ ( TMSA): ‘ S. Afr., S. W. Cape / Heuningnes Riv. / 34.42 S – 20.02 E // 28.10.1983; E-Y: 2030 / from under stones / leg. Endrödy-Younga // HOLOTYPE / Afrotormus metallescens / M. Hansen’. PARATYPE: ♀ ( ZMUC): same locality data, but with type label ‘ PARATYPE / Afrotormus / metallescens / M. Hansen’.

Additional material examined. None.

Diagnosis. Dorsal coloration brown to dark brown, with bronze metallic reflections; sides of pronotum and elytra and whole ventral portion and appendages reddish. Head and pronotum with rather distinct punctuation consisting of simple punctures; elytral punctures slightly smaller but still distinct. Male labial palpi modified, widened, palpomere 3 with large transparent disc; female labial palpi simple. Mesoventrite divided from anepisterna by distinct anapleural suture; mesoventral plate ca. 1.6× longer than wide, with weakly convex lateral margins. Hind wings not developed.Aedeagus with phallobase slightly shorter than parameres, parameres subangulate in apical fourth of outer margin, apex narrowed into a hook-like apex. Male sternite 9 wide basally, projecting as a narrow median projection mesally.

Distribution. Republic of South Africa: Western Cape. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Fig. 18. Morphology of Afrotormus minutus Hansen, 1999 (A–D, F–J) and A. metallescens Hansen, 1999 (E). A – ventral view of the body; B – head in frontal view; C – male labial palpus; D – punctation of frons; E – mandible; F – ventral view of mouthparts; G – prothorax in ventral view; H – antenna; I – anterior margin of pronotum; J – prothoracic leg in ventral view.