17c. Craspedophorus tetrastigma morettoi new subspecies

(Plate 3, Figs 20–23, Plate 12, Figs 97, 98)

Type locality “ Touba, Biemasso / Dolla [= Ivory Coast]”.

Type material. Holotype. 1♂: “[w Africa w-] Ivory Coast / Touba. Biemasso / Dolla / IV-2002 / lgt. P. Moretto ” (Plate 3, Fig. 20, Plate 12, Fig. 97, NMPC) . Paratypes. 2♂, 1♀ same labeled as holotype (Plate 3, Fig. 21, cMH, cPS); 1♂: “ Ashanti ” (NMPC) ; 2♂, 1♀: “[w Africa e-] Ivory Coast / Comoé [NP], Zamou / [13-28.] XI.2014 / lgt. loc. coll.> P. Moretto ” (Plate 3, Fig. 23, Plate 12, Fig. 98, cMH, cPS); 1♂: “ Koutiala / Soudan Francais [= Mali]/ P. Gavard 1933 [printed in blue on white label]// Coll. Mus . Congo / Col. P. Basilewsky [printed in black on white label]// ap. / tetrastigma / Chd [handwritten in black]/ P. Basilewsky det. 195[printed in black on white label]” (Plate 3, Fig. 22, MRAC) ; 1 ♀: “ Nigeria [Kaduna State] Kafanchan / 780m. 9°4'57 N 8°37' 26E / 27.VII.2006 . Leg. Léonard” (cMH).

Description of holotype. Length 21.4 mm, width 9.1 mm. Head, pronotum and statue the same as in C. tetrastigma tetrastigma, the main difference is in its elytral colouration, in the shape of elytral maculae particularly, humeral macula narrowing medially, laterally widening into the shape of an equilateral triangle, or semicircular (in eastern populations) with its straight margin parallel to elytral margin (humeral macula in C. t. tetrastigma does not narrow medially, forming almost a rectangular fascia (Plate 3, Figs 18–23). Aedeagus is very similar to that in other subspecies of C. tetrastigma or C. strachani (Plate 12, Figs. 91–93, 96–99).

Distribution. Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria: Kaduna State.