Diaclina parallela (Thomson, 1858)

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2019, The species of the genus Diaclina Jacquelin du Val (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alphitobiini) from Sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 4609 (3), pp. 499-508 : 505-506

Diaclina parallela (Thomson, 1858)

( Figs. 8 , 16)

Heterophaga parallela Thomson, 1858

Examined type specimens: None.

Additional specimens: South Africa, Natal , without furthar data, coll. Oberthür, 1 ex. HNHM .— South Africa, Natal , without further data, leg. R. M. Martin, 1 ex. HNHM .— South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Kosi Bay , 11.– 17.XI.2002, leg. R. Müller & W. Schawaller, 17 ex. SMNS , 9 ex. TMSA.— South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Ndumu Game Reserve , 20.–22.XI.2002, leg. W. Schawaller, 1 ex. SMNS .— South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Tembe Elephant Park , 17.–19.XI.2002, leg. W. Schawaller, 1 ex. SMNS .— South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, SW Mugudu , 4.–5.I.2009, leg. P. Schüle, 1 ex. SMNS .— South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Maphelane NR, S St. Lucia, 29.I.2008, leg. P. Schüle, 3 ex. SMNS .— South Africa, Krüger NP, Pafuri Resarch Camp , 31.I.1994, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 9 ex. TMSA , 1 ex. SMNS.— Zimbabwe, Miombo, Shangani Ranch , 6.–8. XII .2017, leg. R. Müller, 5 ex. TMSA.— Gabon (labelled as Gabun), without further data, 1 ex. HNHM.—E Gabon, Ogooué-Ivindo Prov., SW Makokou, Ivindo NP, 480–540 m, 15.–16.VI.2016, leg. D. Telnov, 16 ex. CDT , 2 ex. SMNS.— Ghana, Ashanti Region, Bobiri , 320 m, 1965–1966, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 5 ex. HNHM .— Ghana, Ashanti Region, Kumasi , 330 m, 24.IV.1963, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 2 ex. TMSA , 1 ex. HNHM.— Ghana, Volta Region, Amedzofe , 1.IX.1967, leg. S. Endrödy- Younga, 2 ex. HNHM , 2 ex. TMSA.— Ghana, Volta Region, Abofour, Opro River , 320 m, 2.IV.1966, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 5 ex. HNHM .— Ghana, Volta Region, Abuadi , 60 km S Ho, 8. XII .1970, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 8 ex. HNHM.— Ghana, Eastern Region, Atewa Range , 26.–28. III .2009, leg. E. Kondorosi, 1 ex. HNHM.— Togo, S. Amlamé , 10.X.1990, leg. K. & F. Adlbauer, 1 ex. CRG .— Congo (labelled as Congo francese), Nkogo , XII.1902, leg. L. Fea, 1 ex. HNHM .— Congo, 30 km W Brazzaville , 26. XII .1963, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 1 ex. HNHM, 1 ex. SMNS.— Congo, Brazaville , 1987–1988, leg. A. Delobel, 3 ex. CRG .— Congo, Lolo-Mazinga , 5.VI.1925, leg. A. Collart, 2 ex. HNHM .— Congo, Mayumbe , 1925–1926, leg. A. Collart, 9 ex. HNHM .— Uganda, Bwamba Forest , 2500 ft. (= 760 m), III.1948, leg. J. G. Williams, 5 ex. TMSA (det. Koch) .— Cameroon, N‘Kongsamba , V.–VII.1957, leg. J. Cantaloube, 7 ex. HNHM , 6 ex. TMSA.— Cameroon, Yaounde, Boumba, Ngoho , X.1962, leg. G. Nonveiller, 1 ex. HNHM .— Rwanda, Kigali, 14.X.1983, leg. H. Mühle, 1 ex. HNHM .— Kenya, Mombasa, Kwale, Shimba Hills NP, 300 m, 5.IV.2004, leg. A. Puchner, 1 ex. SMNS .— Kenya, Kilifi, Watamu, Arabuko Sokoke Forest , 28.II. –14. III .2017, leg. R. Gerstmeier, 1 ex. SMNS.— Tanzania, Kibosho, Katona , without further data, 1 ex. HNHM .— Mozambique, Beira , no further data, leg. A. Bodong, 4 ex. TMSA .— Angola, Vilanculos , IV.1952, leg. M. C. Ferreira, 4 ex. TMSA .— Angola, 11 miles WSW Gabela , 18. III .1972, Southern African Expedition of the British Museum, 2 ex. BMNH .— Angola, Cuanza Sul Prov. , 8 km W Calulo, 3. XII .2012, leg. P. Schüle, 2 ex. SMNS.— Angola, Huila Prov. , 10 km S Kacula, 1560 m, 4.XI.2011, leg. R. Müller, 1 ex. TMSA .

Distribution: Gabon (type locality); Guinea, Congo ( Gebien 1921; Ardoin 1963, 1965); Ivory Coast ( Ardoin 1969, 1980); Tanzania ( Ardoin 1976, Ferrer 2005); Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 7–10. Dorsal view of African species of Diaclina. 7 D. cameruna, non-type Kenya SMNS. 8 D. parallela, non-type South Africa SMNS. 9 Diaclina sp. ♀, Kenya TMSA. 10 D. grandis sp. nov., holotype SMNS. Scale: 1 mm.