Atheta (Oxypodera) togoensis, Pace, 2012

Pace, R., 2012, New data and new species of Aleocharinae from Tropical Africa in the Natural History Museum of the Humboldt University, Berlin (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1331-1362 : 1339

Atheta (Oxypodera) togoensis nov.sp. ( Figs 28-31 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype, Togo, Bismarkburg, 17.XI.1892 (MNHUB). Paratypes: 2 and 1, same origin (MNHUB).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 2 mm. Body shiny and reddish, head reddish-brown, third free abdominal tergite brown, antennae reddish-brown with the two basal antennomeres yellow, legs yellowish-red. Fore-body devoid of reticulation, abdomen with very transverse and very superficial reticulation. Puncturation of the head evident, that of the pronotum indistinct. Granulation of elytra and abdomen very superficial. Aedeagus Figs 29-30 , spermatheca (incomplete) Fig. 31.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The new species has the habitus and aedeagus of smaller dimensions than in A. densiventris FAUVEL 1907 from East Africa, of which I have examined the male holotype (IRSNB). The aedeagus of the new species is still smaller, about 0.24 mm, that of A. densiventris about 0.35 mm. The aedeagus of the new species is hardly arched to the ventral side, that of A. densiventris is deeply arched. The strong internal plates of the aedeagus of A. densiventris are missing in the aedeagus of the new species.

E t y m o l o g y: The new species derives its name from Togo.

Figures

Figs 26-31: Habitus, spermatheca, aedeagus in lateral and ventral views. 26-27: Atheta (Tropatheta) kibwezicola nov.sp.; (28-31) Atheta (Oxypodera) togoensis nov.sp. Habitus scale bar Fig. 26: 3.1 mm; Fig. 28: 2 mm, other scale bars: 0.1 mm.