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