Spilophorus cervinus Bourgoin, 1921: 84 Marais & Holm 1992: 73 Spilophorus ( Prospilophorus ) cervinus Bourgoin. Holm & Perissinotto 2010: 50 Spilophorus ( Pseudospilophorus ) cervinus Bourgoin, Ex Description of new species of Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 with revision of the subgenus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini) Perissinotto, Renzo Garnier, Thierry Fragmenta entomologica 2025 2025-06-30 57 1 65 89 4Z4CK Bourgoin, 1921 Bourgoin, Ex 1921 [136,743,1236,1260] Insecta Scarabaeidae Spilophorus Animalia Coleoptera 5 70 Arthropoda species cervinus Prospilophorus  ( Figs 2, 3, 15)      Spilophorus cervinus Bourgoin, 1921: 84;  Marais & Holm 1992: 73; Kajčík 1999: 30.     Spilophorus( Prospilophorus) cervinusBourgoin. Holm & Perissinotto 2010: 50; Krajčík 2024: 226.  Data records.  Types: HT ♀, [ Congo-Kinshasa]: Maniéma, Kindu[ S02° 55’ E25°52’], 1917, L. Burgeon( MNHN).  Otherrecords.  Cameroon: 1♀, South, Obout, 04-1997, inside ants nest ( TGMF);   Congo-Kinshasa: 1♀, Uele, Dingila[ N03°44’ E26°06’],  31/VII/1933, J.V. le Roy( MRAC);  1♀, Equateur, Bonula Sabouga[ N01°05’ E19°58’],  VII/1926, R.P. Hulstaert( MRAC);  1♂, Wenga Ifomi, E. Quineaux( MNHN);  1♀( 14.5 mm), ibidem, E. Quineaux, R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg.I.G. 10.565, G. Ruterdet. 1962,  Spilophorus( Pseudospilophorus) cervinusBourgoin, Ex Collection Dr Vincent Allard, received from Christophe Allard  21.II.2015( GBEG);   Congo-Brazzaville: 1♀, Kola, Kouilou,  X.2000, Bruno Le Rü( BLLF);  1♀, Kinanga, Kouilou,  I.2025, local col- lector leg. ( BLLF).   Distribution. This species occurs mainly in the northern regions of Congo-Kinshasa ( DRC), reaching also the central part of Cameroonand southern Congo-Brazzaville to the west ( Fig. 15).   Remarks. Bourgoin (1921)reported in its original description that the HT was “Un mâle”. However, a dissection of this specimen, currently reposited in the MNHN, has revealed that it is actually a female (O. Montreuil pers. comm.). With the exception of the single male, rather old and worn, illustrated in Fig. 2, all the other specimens traced thus far are also females and characterized by an externally tridentate protibia, with the proximal tooth usually much reduced in size by comparison with the other two. Only fully ornamented specimens are currently known for this species, with yellow-ochraceous to brownish-grey tomentum covering most of elytra and scutellar surfaces as well part of pronotum. In the latter, most often there are two symmetric elongate spots close to the lateral margins, but at least in one Cameroonian female these can be more extensive, converging towards the centre and merging to form an almost continuous discal band. The size of this species ranges from 13.4-15.0 mm in TL to 5.8-7.6 mmin MW ( Bourgoin 1921; Holm & Perissinotto 2010). Adults appear to be active pretty much throughout the year and a female was found on one occasion inside an “ants nest” (TG data records) and another “resting on leaves” in dense rainforest (B. Le Rü pers. comm.). The larva and other immature stages remain completely unknown. MNHN Congo-Kinshasa & Maniema & Kindu & L. Burgeon -2.9166667 1307 25.866667 5 70 1 1 holotype TGMF Other & South & Obout Cameroon Cameroon 5 70 1 1 holotype 1933-07-31 MRAC Congo-Kinshasa & Uele & Dingila & J. V. le Roy Cameroon 3.7333333 1307 26.1 5 70 1 1 holotype 1926-07 MRAC Equateur & Bonula Sabouga & R. P. Hulstaert Cameroon 1.0833334 1308 19.966667 5 70 1 1 holotype MNHN Wenga Ifomi, E & Quineaux Cameroon 5 70 1 1 holotype 2015-02-21 GBEG E. Quineaux & Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. & Collection Dr Vincent Allard & Christophe Allard Cameroon G. Ruter 5 70 1 1 holotype 2000-10 BLLF Congo-Brazzaville & Kola & Kouilou Cameroon Bruno Le Ru 5 70 1 1 holotype 2025-01 BLLF Kinanga & Kouilou Cameroon 5 70 1 1 holotype