Macrosiagon terminata ( Laporte, 1840 )

Batelka, Jan, 2011, Contribution to the synonymies, distributions, and bionomics of the Old World species of Macrosiagon (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 587-626 : 614

Macrosiagon terminata ( Laporte, 1840)

Emenadia terminata Laporte, 1840: 262 . Type locality: Sénégal.

Macrosiagon terminata: BEDEL (1895) : 184 (new combination).

Ripiphorus nigripennis Dejean : DEJEAN (1837: 240) (nomen nudum).

Ripiphorus Leprieurii Buquet : DEJEAN (1837: 240) (nomen nudum).

For synonymy see BATELKA (2008a).

Material examined. BURKINA FASO: 2 ex. ( MRAC), ‘HAUTE VOLTA / Dingasso nr.Bobo [for details of habitat see PAULY 1984] / 28.9.1979 / A. Pauly réc [p]’. KENYA: 1 J 4 ♀♀ ( JBCP), ‘Kenya, Eastern / Nguni 30.12. / N of Ngomeni / Lgt. Snížek 2007 [p]’ [on Sericocomopsis sp. , M. Snížek, pers. comm.]; 3 ♀♀ ( JBCP), ‘Kenya, Eastern / Nguni 27.4. / N of Ngomeni / Lgt. Snížek 2008 [p]’ [on Sericocomopsis sp. , M. Snížek, pers. comm.]. SENEGAL: 1 ex. ( IRSNB), ‘Coll. J. Thomson [p] // 1414 [hw] // Determin. / M. Pic [p] // R. [ Ripiphorus ] / Nigripennis / Dej. [nomen nudum from DEJEAN (1837)] / Senegal [hw, round pink label] // nigripennis Dej. [hw]’; 1 ex. ( IRSNB), ‘Coll. J. Thomson // Determin. / M. Pic [p] // R. [ Ripiphorus ] / Leprieurii / Buq. [nomen nudum from DEJEAN (1837)] / Senegal [hw, round pink label]’. SUDAN: KORDOFAN: 1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘Um Darag / R. C. M. Darling / 29.8.32 / on sheiba [hw] / Soudan gov. // Pres. by / Imp. Inst. Ent. / B. M. / 1933 – 330 [p] // Africa / 1: 250.000 Map [p] 55 E [hw] // Ent. Coll [p] C 11 9 63 [hw] // Macrosiagon / nigripennis / Gerst. / [hw] G. E. Bryant det. [p] // Macrosiagon terminatum / (Laporte de Castelnau, / 1840) / J. Batelka det. [p] 2005 [hw]’.

Biology. Plant associations of the examined specimens are discussed below in Discussion: Visited plants.

Distribution. Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mauritania, Senegal, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates ( BATELKA 2007a, 2008b,c, 2010). It is recorded here from Burkina Faso and Sudan for the first time.