A review of the Afrotropical genus Kenyacus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) from the Rwenzori Mountains, with description of seven new species
Author
Kataev, Boris M.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-03
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463
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4679.3.3
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Kenyacus
sp.
(
Fig. 51c
)
Material examined
.
1 ♀
, “
UGANDA
:
Western Region
,
Kasese District
,
9.5 km
NWW Nyakalengija
,
Rwenzori Mts. National Park
, main trail from
John Matte Hut
to
Nyabitaba Hut
,
0°21.97’N
29°57.58’E
, accuracy
200 m
, extent
15 m
, h =
2800 m
,
Hagenia
,
Hypericum
,
Rubus
,
Impatiens
, big gaps with bushes and grass, sifting leaf litter [3596] [Garmin 60CSx; WGS84]
V.I. Gusarov
,
17.viii.2008
, U162” (
ZMUN
)
.
Remarks
. This female is very similar in size and other characters to
K. berndi
sp. n.
, but has pronotum with much wider base and with sharper basal angles. In addition, it was collected almost
3 km
downstream and about
600 m
below from the localities of
K. berndi
sp. n.
in the same valley (
Fig. 51c
). To clarify the status of this female specimen additional material, including males, is needed, but it is very likely that it belongs to a separate, still undescribed species.
Body length
3.9 mm
, width
1.7 mm
.
Proportions. PWmax/PL 1.34; EL/EW 1.44; EL/PL 2.69; EW/PWmax 1.43; HWmax/PWmax 0.76; HWmin/ PWmax 0.65; PWmax/PWmin 1.17; HWmax/HWmin 1.16.