Amatodes girardi ( Robiche, Le Gall, and Goergen, 2002 ) Kamiński & Lumen & Müller & Kanda & Robiche & Smith, 2021

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, Lumen, Ryan, Müller, Ruth, Kanda, Kojun, Robiche, Gérard & Smith, Aaron Dennis, 2021, Illustrated Catalog of the Subtribe Helopinina Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Pedinini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (3), pp. 537-578 : 546-547

11. Amatodes girardi ( Robiche, Le Gall, and Goergen, 2002) , new combination

Oncosoma girardi Robiche et al. 2002: 409 .

Type Data. Holotype, male ( Paris Museum ): “Haute Volta, près de Ouagadougou, PabrÉ, VIII.1974, R. P. Fernandez leg.” . Paratypes, female (Paris Museum):same data as holotype; six specimens (Paris Museum) : same data as holotype; one specimen

(Paris Museum): “ Haute Volta , LÉo, VII.1960, R. P. Nicolas leg.”; one specimen (Paris Museum) : “ Haute Volta, Bobo Dioulasso , VIII.1960, P. Jolivet leg.”; twenty specimens (Paris museum and Robiche coll.) : “ Côte d’Ivoire, sud du parc de la ComoÉ, IV.1998, P. Moretto leg”; one specimen (Paris Museum) : “northern region, Tamale , 15.VII.1970, Dr S. Endrödy-Younga leg.”; two specimens (Paris Museum) : “ Upper region, Tumu, N.10°.08’-W.02°.00’, 12.VIII.1971. Dr S. Endrödy-Younga leg.”; six specimens (Robiche coll.): “ BÉnin, Parakou , IV, VI.1996, P. Le Gall and G. Robiche leg.”; five specimens (Paris Museum and Robiche coll.): “ BÉnin, Djougou , IX. 1996, P. Le Gall and G. Robiche leg.”; one specimen (Robiche coll.): “ BÉnin, Djougou , IX. 1996, P. Le Gall leg.”; one specimen (Genova Museum) : “ Haut UÉlÉ, Dongu , IV.1927, F.S. Patrizi leg.” .

Distribution. BURKINA FASO: Bobo-Dioulasso ( Robiche et al. 2002); IVORY COAST: ComoÉ National Park ( Robiche et al. 2002); GHANA: Tamale, Tumu ( Robiche et al. 2002); BENIN: Djougou, Parakou PabrÉ ( Robiche et al. 2002).