On Curelius CASEY, 1900 and Ephistemus STEPHENS, 1829 (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) from the Afrotropical Region Esser, Jens R, Afrotropical Linzer biologische Beiträge 2017 2017-12-11 49 2 1139 1145 Esser & R, 2017 Esser & R 2017 [163,331,484,506] Insecta Cryptophagidae Curelius Animalia Coleoptera 1 1140 Arthropoda species jaegeri sp. nov.  Type material:  HolotypeƋ: " Namibia,  24.XI.1993, 18°13’S/ 21°45’E, Kavango: Mahango Game Reserve: Piknik site, lux. leg. M. Uhlig" [ NMNW, temporarily MFNB].   Paratypes: 7 ex.with the same data as the holotype [ MFNB: 6 ex., NMNW: 1 ex.];  10 ex." Namibia,  2.- 3.X.1993, 18°14’S/ 21°43’E, Kavango: Mahango Game Reserve, leg. F. Koch" [ MFNB: 6 ex., NMNW: 1 ex., cES: 3 ex.];  2 ex." Namibia-Exp.ZMB 1992, E. Caprivi:  10 kmSE Katima Mulilo, 17°31’S/ 24°25’ E, Zambezi-Altwasserarm, lux, 6.III.92, leg. M. Uhlig[ MFNB];  4 ex."SWA / Namibia, Nyangana/ Okavango, 14.-  22.1.1985, leg. H. Roer" [ ZMFK: 3 ex., cES: 1 ex.];  1 ex." RSA, KwaZulu-Natal, sw Magudu, 04.-  05.01.2009, leg. P. Schüle" [ SMNS]. E t y m o l o g y: To the honour of Bernd Jaeger, who supported my work every time. D e s c r i p t i o n: Male, 1,05 mm, pale yellow-reddish. Body strongly convex, with strong but sparse puncture: on pronotum the distance like the diameter, on elytra distance is more than two diameters and puncture is more fine ( fig. 1). Elytral epipleuron smooth. Eyes normal, one eye smaller than the diameter between the eyes ( fig. 6). Metaventrite very sparsely punctured. Prosternal process parallel-sided, very sparsely punctured but distinct shagreened ( fig. 9). No furrows for antennae next to the prosternal process developed. Legs are slender, pale. Antennae also slender and pale, 11 segmented with a 3 segmented club, segments 9, 10 and 11 slightly asymmetric, 10 and 11 jointed nearly in the middle of the previous segment (like usual in most Curelius). C o m m e n t Very similar to  C. japonicus(REITTER, 1878)and distinguished by the smaller eyes ( figs 5 & 6), more convex body ( figs 1 & 4) and different metaventrite and prosternal process ( figs 8 & 9). Quite similar to the palaearctic C. dilutus(REITTER, 1883), but more stout and convex, with different structures on surface of pronotum and elytra. D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from Namibiaand South Africa. 1993-11-24 NMNW, MFNB M. Uhlig Namibia -18.216667 Mahango Game Reserve 1276 21.75 1 1140 1 Kavango West holotype [163,884,577,600] 1993-11-24 MFNB, NMNW M. Uhlig Namibia -18.216667 Mahango Game Reserve 1276 21.75 1 1140 14 Kavango West paratype 1993-10-02 1993-10-03 1993-10-02 MFNB, NMNW F. Koch Namibia -18.233334 Mahango Game Reserve 1276 21.716667 1 1140 20 Kavango West paratype MFNB M. Uhlig Namibia -17.516666 Zambezi-Altwasserarm 1278 24.416666 Namibia-Exp. 1 1140 2 Zambezi paratype 1985-01-22 ZMFK H. Roer Namibia Nyangana 1 1140 8 Kavango West paratype 2009-05-01 SMNS P. Schule South Africa Magudu 1 1140 1 KwaZulu-Natal paratype