Harpapion considerandum ( Fahraeus , 1871)

Wang, Zhiliang, Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2013, A taxonomic study on the genus Harpapion Voss, 1966 from China (Coleoptera, Apionidae), ZooKeys 358, pp. 25-44 : 27-28

Harpapion considerandum ( Fahraeus, 1871) Figures 1-7

Remarks.

Pygidium subsemicircular in dorsal view, 0.83 × as long as wide, apical flange strongly raised, transverse sulcus deep (Figure 5-6).

Genitalia and terminalia.

Ninth sternite (spiculum gastrale) Y-shaped, slender and nearly symmetrical, not winged, manubrium about 1.21 × as long as arms (Figure 7). Penis in dorsal view with pedon gradually and distinctly constricted apicad from apical 1/3, apex rounded, tectum apically constricted; temones moderately elongate, about 0.76 × as long as pedon; in side view pedon extremely incurved at apical 1/4, nearly forming a 60° angle, with apical plate slightly recurved at extreme apex, without projections; endophallus with dense tiny spicules (Figures 3-4). Tegminal plate articulated with free ring, laterally developed, enveloping; parameroid lobes with apical membranous area long, bearing two tufts of visible microchaetae apically; basal sclerotized area elongate, front margin weakly sinuate medially, bearing 4 long macrochaetae dorsolaterally on each side; fenestrae large, not separated; linea arquata visible; prostegium bidentate, teeth elongate, curved; median unsclerotized strip elongate and nearly reaching the anterior margin of fenestrae. Manubrial apex asymmetrically broadened (Figures 1-2).

Materials.

1♂: (white, printed): Magila / E. Africa / A. V. Legros / 98-190; (white, printed and handwritten): Wagner det. ♂ / considerandum Fåhr.; 1♀: (white, handwritten): X. 1983 / in clove tree / CIEA15888; (white, handwritten): Tanzania / Zanjibar / Kitunda; (white, printed): pres by: Comm Inst Ent B. M. 1984-1. Specimens in the NHM.

Distribution.

Harpapion considerandum s. str. has been recorded from the following African countries: Guinea, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex Zaire), Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Natal) ( Balfour-Browne 1944; Beguin-Billecocq 1910; Fåhraeus 1871; Hoffmann 1968a, 1968b; Hustache 1929, 1939; Marshall 1940; Voss 1959, 1966, 1974; Wagner 1911). Two subspecies, whose status is doubtful, have been recorded as follows: ssp. circumscriptum (Hartmann, 1897) from Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania ( Hartmann 1897; Voss 1966); and ssp. combustum (Wagner, 1908) from Tanzania and Angola ( Marshall 1953; Wagner 1908).