taxonID	type	description	language	source
038B87A5204E513CAFA8FDCCFBD1FC1D.taxon	description	Figs 2, 7 I, 8 I	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204E513CAFA8FDCCFBD1FC1D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: ♂ CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / ECO CAMEROON / Mt. Cameron NP Bamboo camp / res. plot. 5. xii – 4. i. 2022 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ”, flight / Interc. trap. P. Baňař & P. Hlaváč lgt. (MMBC) Paratypes (60): 1 ♀: CAMEROON CMR / FIT / ECO / 004 / Mt. Cameroon NP “ Plantecamp ” / res. plot. 4. i – 15. ii. 2022 1097 m / N 04 ° 07 ’ 05.0 ” E 009 ° 04 ’ 19.0 ”. flight / interc. trap. P. Baňař & P. Hlaváč lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / ECO CAMEROON / Mt. Cameron NP Bamboo camp / res. plot. 5. xii – 4. i. 2022 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ”, flight / Interc. trap. P. Baňař & P. Hlaváč lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♂, 1 spec.: CAMEROON CMR / FIT / ECO / 005 / Mt. Cameroon NP. Drink Gari / 5. xii. 2021 – 4. i. 2022, 635 m FIT / N 04 ° 05 ’ 58.4 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 46.5 ” / P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 ♀: FIT _ 005 _ 2 _ II / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 005 / 02 / Mt. Cameroon NP. Drink Gari / 1. xii. 2022 – 7. i. 2023, 635 m FIT / N 04 ° 05 ’ 58.4 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 46.5 ” / P. Barn & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 ♀: CMR / FIT / 006 / ECO CAMEROON / Mt. Camerron NP Bamboo camp / res. plot. 15. ii – 8. iii. 2022 369 m / N 04 ° 0 5 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ”, flight / Interc. trap. F. L. Ewome & P, Baňař lgt. (PCPV); 1 spec.: FIT _ 006 _ 1 _ II / Cameroon CMR / FIT / 006 / 71 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 1. xii. 2022 – 7. i. 2 ° 23 390 m / N 04 ° 05,22.7 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 06.7 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 ♀, 1 spec.: FIT _ 004 _ 2 _ II / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 004 / 2 / M. Cameroon NP. PLANTE / Camp, 1. xii. 2022 – 7. i. 2023, 1092 m / N 04 ° 07 ’ 01.6 ” E 009 ° 04 ’ 16.5 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCJSP); 2 spec.: FIT _ 006 _ 2 _ IX / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / 2 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 24. xi 2023 – 20. i. 2024, 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” - E 009 °. 03 ’ 04.6 ” / FIT. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCJSP); 1 spec.: FIT _ 006 _ 3 _ IX / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / 3 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 24. xi 2023 – 20. i. 2024, 310 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 10.1 ” E 009 °. 02 ’ 59.6 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCJSP); 2 specs.: Cote d’Ivoire: Montagnes, Mont Tonkoui summit at 7 ° 27 ’ 15 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 13 ” W, 1200 m, FIT, 24 – 27. ix. 2019, F. Génier & A. Gué (CMN); 2 specs.: Km 1.8, route of Mont Tonkoui, 7 ° 26 ’ 40 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 40 ” W, 1120 m, FIT, 23. ix. 2019, F. Génier & A. Gué (CMN); 34 specs.: Mont Tonkoui at 7.4544 ° N 7.6368 ° W, 1200 m, FIT, 24. x. – 6. xi. 2021, P. Moretto (CSCA); 1 ♂: Mont Tonkoui at 7 ° 27 ’ 0 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 28 ” W, 1090 m, FIT, 20. xi. – 2. xii. 2021, F. Génier (CMN); 3 specs.: Mont Tonkoui at 7 ° 27 ’ 05 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 09 ” W, 1110 m, FIT, 19. xi. – 2. xii. 2022, F. Génier (CMN); 3 specs.: Mont Tonkoui at 7 ° 26 ’ 58 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 20 ” W, 1110 m, FIT, 20. xi. – 2. xii. 2022, F. Génier (CMN); 1 spec.: Mont Tonkoui near summit, 7.451 ° N 7.636 ° W, 1130 – 1150 m, FIT, 19 – 23. xi. 2022, A. K. Tishechkin (CSCA)	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204E513CAFA8FDCCFBD1FC1D.taxon	description	Description. Measurements of holotype (in mm). Head width — 0.57; width between anterior pronotal angles — 0.7; pronotum maximum width — 1.5; pronotum median length — 0.63; pronotum maximum length — 0.7; width across elytra — 1.85; maximum length of elytron — 1.58; sutural length of elytron — 1.35. Body slightly elongate oval, dorsally convex, cuticle smooth and shiny, rufous. Head. Frons and clypeus smooth. Frontal stria complete, well impressed, carinate supraorbitally, extended onto clypeus. Labrum apically emarginate. Mandibles smooth. Eyes convex. Scape robust, curved, striolate with a group of long, thick setae dorso-basally and a few shorter setae dorsomedially. Pedicel short. Antennomeres 3 – 9 becoming gradually wider, club wide, slightly flattened, densely setose. Thorax. Pronotum with a complete marginal stria and with a punctuated medial area — punctures separated by 1 – 4 times their diameter, denser in the middle. Lateral areas of pronotum with much smaller and sparser punctation, almost smooth. Elytral epipleuron shiny with two irregular longitudinal keels. Elytral surface smooth. Elytra with a marginal sulcus with 7 shallow, round depressions. Dorsal stria 1 present basally, reaches about ½ elytral length. Dorsal stria 2 – 3 complete. Stria 4 connected with a complete sutural stria. Stria 5 reaches ¾ elytral length. Striae 3 – 5 and sutural stria crenulate and widened, almost appearing as doubled along most of their lengths. Prosternum smooth, prosternal lobe wide with a complete marginal stria and with a thin basal suture. Carinal prosternal striae merged apically. Basal prosternal margin sharply emarginate. Mesoventrite anteriorly cuspidate. Complete marginal stria angled anteriorly. Meso-metaventral suture wide and crenulate. Metaventrite smooth with thick and complete inner metasternal striae. Outer lateral metaventral stria short and straight, almost parallel to the inner one, reaching less than half its length. Short fragment of postmesocoxal stria present, sharply bent posteriorly in half of its length. Metaventrite basally with a row of large punctures. Abdomen. First abdominal ventrite depressed anteriorly, with a band of punctures diminishing in size posteriorly, present in anterior ⅓. Remaining surface smooth. Lateral striae straight, directed slightly mediad. Postmetacoxal striae parallel to the lateral ones but only half their length. Propygidium with punctures in anterior half, diminishing in size posteriorly. Remaining surface smooth. Pygidium almost smooth with very sparse tiny pores. Legs. Profemur flattened with keeled margins, smooth with microscopic punctures. Protibia dilated, with a row of small denticles and several sparse and long, thick setae along the outer margin and short, dense bristles along the inner margin. Protibial surface delicately striolate. Protibial spur very short, appearing as a denticle. Protarsus simple, protarsomere 4 half the length of 5. Claws short. Mesofemur with sparse long setae. Mesotibia with long setae along outer margin and shorter ones along inner margin. Mesotarsus same as protarsus. Hind leg equivalent to middle leg. Male genitalia. Phallobase about ¼ of the aedeagus length. Aedeagus straight, curved in apical 1 / 3. Tip of aedeagus not widened, narrowly rounded with a pair of setae on parameres’ apex.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204E513CAFA8FDCCFBD1FC1D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The species most closely resembles C. punctatifrons sp. nov. by its bright and shiny cuticle and body shape. However, C. lucida differs by its significantly larger size, smooth rather than punctuate pronotal sides, sculpture of the subhumeral elytral sulcus, smooth metaventrite and shorter outer lateral metaventral stria.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204E513CAFA8FDCCFBD1FC1D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Adjective lucida (bright) refers to the light coloration of the cuticle.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A52048513EAFA8FC60FC7EFB2D.taxon	description	Figs 3 – 4, 7 F, 8 F	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A52048513EAFA8FC60FC7EFB2D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: ♀: CAMEROON CMR FIT ECO 006 / Mt. Cameroon NP “ Bamboo camp ” / res. plot, 5. xii. 2021 – 4. i. 2022, 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ”, flight / interc. trap, P. Baňař & P. Hlaváč lgt. (MMBC). Paratypes (5): 3 ♀♀: same data as holotype (1 ex. MMBC, 2 ex. PCPV); 2 ♀♀: FIT _ 006 _ 2 _ I / CAMEROON CMR FIT 006 / 2 / Mt. Cameroon NP BAMBOO / CAMP, 30. xi. – 1. xii. 2022, 369 m / 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCJSP); 1 ♀: CMR / FIT / 006 / ECO CAMEROON / Mt. Cameroon NP “ Bamboo camp ” / res. Plot, 15. ii – 8. iii. 2022, 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ”, flight / interc. trap, F. L. Ewome & P. Baňař (MMBC).	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A52048513EAFA8FC60FC7EFB2D.taxon	description	Description. Measurements of holotype (in mm). Head width — 0.63; width between anterior pronotal angles — 0.93; pronotum maximum width — 2.42; pronotum median length — 1.02; pronotum maximum length — 1.18; width across elytra — 3.35; maximum length of elytron — 2.75; sutural length of elytron — 2.05. Body widely oval, black and shiny, elytral sides extended upwards (Fig. 1 A – C). Head (Fig. 1 C). Frons anteriorly concave, margined by a sharp keel and with delicate and sparse punctures separated by 2 – 4 times their diameter, diminishing in size anteriorly. Epistoma sharply angled with frons, slightly widened apically, with keeled margin. Labrum angled with epistoma, four times wider than long, with a basally arched keel along the apical margin. Mandibles with short bristles on outer sides. Scape with several long setae. Antennal club with short setation, most prominent in apical half. Thorax. Pronotal disc (Fig. 1 A) with irregular punctuation, rougher in the middle, more delicate laterally. Marginal pronotal stria complete, carinal laterally, narrower anteriorly. Posterior margin sharply arched, anterior angles pointing anteromedially and with a shallow, gently punctuated depression. Elytra (Fig. 1 A) with very faint microscopic wrinkles. Dorsal striae 1 and 2 complete. Stria 3 thin and very short, present only in the basal fifth. Stria 4 somewhat longer and joined to the sutural stria, which is entire. Dorsal stria 5 reaching almost to the elytral apex. Sutural stria and dorsal stria 5 are strongly impressed, appearing as two narrow grooves composed of a row of very closely spaced punctures. Interstrial intervals between dorsal stria 5 and sutural stria and between dorsal striae 4 and 5 slightly convex. Occasionally very faint and short apical nods of dorsal striae 3 and 4 are present. Subhumeral furrow with 7 tubercles. Lateral regions of elytra are raised, winglike. Prosternal lobe (Fig. 1 B) with a marginal stria reaching the transverse prosternal stria. Prosternal keel with two entire, parallel striae, united in regular arc at anterior end. Mesoventrite anteriorly strongly pointed, smooth. Meso-metaventral suture mildly arcuate, consisting of a row of conjoined homogeneous points. Metasternum with two large longitudinal depressions parallel to each other and entirely punctuated. Postmesocoxal stria almost straight and very short. Outer lateral stria faint, posteriorly strongly bent inwards and wider and more impressed. Inner lateral metasternal stria complete, near the metacoxa bent inward at right angle. Between the inner lateral stria and the punctuated depressions, runs a further stria bordered by an irregular series of punctures. Abdomen. First abdominal ventrite (Fig. 1 B) with a wide band of coarse punctures and short inwardly bent postmetacoxal striae. Propygidium (Fig. 1 E) with delicate, sparce punctuation in anterior part, posteriorly smooth. Pygidium (Fig. 1 F) with similar punctuation present mainly in the narrow basal region. Legs. Protibia with a straight protarsal groove, outer margin only with thick bristles, more delicate bristles also present on the inner margin. Meso- and metatibia with bristles along both inner and outer margins. Female terminalia (Fig. 2 A – B) robust, base of valvifer (vlfb) very broad, distal part of valvifer (vlf) thin, roughly sclerotized, apex of valvifer (vlfa) broadened. Articular sclerite (ars) wider than long, sub-rectangular. Gonocoxite (gcx) robust, with conspicuous opening of gonocoxite cavity (gcxo) and short, robust stylus (st) apically, not exceeding gonocoxite border (gcxb). Gonocoxite border with deep apical notch (an). Male unknown.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A52048513EAFA8FC60FC7EFB2D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis This species is somewhat close to Coelocraera mariaeclarae Dégallier, from which it differs mainly in the fewer tubercles of the subhumeral groove, the presence of bristles on the mandibles, the incompleteness of the dorsal elytral striae 3 and 4.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A52048513EAFA8FC60FC7EFB2D.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific name refers to the incomplete elytral striae in this species.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204A5130AFA8FB6CFC86FBE1.taxon	description	Figs 5, 7 K, 8 K	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204A5130AFA8FB6CFC86FBE1.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: ♂ CMR / FIT / 007 CAMEROON / Buea distr. Bokawango vill. env. / 9. iv – 26. v. 2022, 998 m / N 04 ° 07 ’ 59.2 ” E 009 ° 12 ’ 52.1 ” Flight / Interc. Trap F. L. Ewome lgt. (MMBC) Paratypes (49): 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀: FIT 005 _ 3 _ V / Cameroon CMR / FIT / 005 / 03 / Mt. Cameroon NP Drink GARI / 10. v. – 7 vii. 2023, 605 m FIT / N 04 ° 05 ’ 55.1 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 45.7 ” / P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (MMBC); 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Cameroon CMR / FIT / ECO / 005 / Mt. Cameroon NP. Drink Gari / 14. ii. – 8. iii. 2022, 635 m FIT / N 04 ° 05 ’ 58.4 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 46.5 ” / P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (MMBC); 9 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀: CMR / FIT / 006 / ECO CAMEROON / Mt. Camerron NP Bamboo camp / res. plot. 15. ii – 8. iii. 2022 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ”, flight / Interc. trap. F. L. Ewome & P, Baňař lgt. (3 MMBC, 10 PCJSP); 1 ♂: CMR / FIT / 007 CAMEROON / Buea distr, Bokwango vill. env. / 15. ii – 12. iii. 2022 998 m / N 04 ° 07 ’ 59.2 ’’ E 009 ° 12 ’ 52.1 ’’ Flight / Interc. Trap F. L Ewome lgt. (PCJSP); 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀: CMR / FIT / 007 CAMEROON / Buea distr. Bokawango vill. env. / 9. iv – 26. v. 2022, 998 m / N 04 ° 07 ’ 59.2 ” E 009 ° 12 ’ 52.1 ” Flight / Interc. Trap F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 spec.: CMR / FIT / 007 CAMEROON / Buea distr. Bokawango vill. env. / 9. iv – 26. v. 2022, 998 m / N 04 ° 07 ’ 59.2 ” E 009 ° 12 ’ 52.1 ” Flight / Interc. Trap F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 ♀: CMR / FIT / 006 / ECO CAMEROON / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo camp / res. plot. 10. iv – 26. v. 2022 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ”, flight / Interc. trap. F. L. Ewome & P, Baňař lgt. (PCPV); 1 ♂: FIT _ 006 _ 1 _ II / Cameroon CMR / FIT / 006 / 1 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 1. xii. 2022 – 7. i. 2023 390 m / N 04 ° 05,22.7 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 06.7 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 2 ♀♀, 1 spec.: FIT _ 006 _ 2 _ IX / CAMEROON NP Bamboo / Camp. 24. xi 2023 – 20. i. 2024, 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 °. 03 ’ 04.6 ” / FIT P, Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 spec.: FIT _ 005 _ 2 _ IV / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 005 / 02 / Mt. Cameroon NP. Drink Gari / 14. iii – 10. v. 2023, 635 m FIT / N 04 ° 05 ’ 58.4 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 46.5 ” / P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 ♂: Cote d’Ivoire: Montagnes, Mont Tonkoui summit at 7 ° 27 ’ 15 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 13 ” W, 1200 m, FIT, 27. ix. 2019, F. Génier & A. Gué (CMN); 1 ♂: Km 1.8, route of Mont Tonkoui, 7 ° 26 ’ 40 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 40 ” W, 1120 m, FIT, 23. ix. 2019, F. Génier & A. Gué (CSCA); 1 ♂: Mont Tonkoui at 74544 ° N 7.6368 ° W, 1200 m, FIT, 24. x. – 6. xi. 2021, P. Moretto (CSCA); 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: Mont Tonkoui at 7 ° 27 ’ 0 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 28 ” W, 1090 m, FIT, 20. xi. – 2. xii. 2021, F. Génier (CMN, CSCA); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Mont Tonkoui at 7 ° 27 ’ 05 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 09 ” W, 1110 m, FIT, 19. xi. – 2. xii. 2022, F. Génier (CMN); 2 specs.: Mont Tonkoui near summit, 7.451 ° N 7.636 ° W, 1130 – 1150 m, FIT, 19 – 27. xi. 2022, A. K. Tishechkin (CSCA). 1 ♂: Guinea: Nzerekore, Mont Nimba, 7 ° 41 ’ to 42 ’ N 8 ° 23 ’ W, 514 – 740 m, xii / 1990 – iii. 1991, L. Leblanc (CSCA).	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204A5130AFA8FB6CFC86FBE1.taxon	description	Description. Measurements of holotype (in mm). Head width — 0.47; width between anterior pronotal angles — 0.56; pronotum maximum width — 1.51; pronotum median length — 0.51; pronotum maximum length — 0.6; width across elytra — 1.45; maximum length of elytron — 1.22; sutural length of elytron — 1. Body round and convex, mostly smooth, cuticule rufous. Head. Frons smooth with small punctures separated by 5 – 8 times their diameter. Frontal stria complete, clypeus smooth, labrum emarginate. Eyes convex. Scape large, curved, punctate, with several prominent setae. Pedicel small. Antennomeres 3 – 9 gradually wider creating a conical shape together with a densely setose club. Thorax. Pronotum with evenly distributed punctures separated by 5 – 8 times their diameters, otherwise smooth. Marginal stria thin and complete. Scutellar shield small, triangular and smooth. Elytral epipleuron smooth with a complete epipleural stria. Subhumeral stria complete. Dorsal striae crenulate, becoming wider towards the suture. 1 – 3 complete, 4 connected with sutural, 5 reaching about ⅔ of elytral length. Elytral surface smooth. Prosternum smooth. Lobe short and wide with a complete marginal stria. Basal suture of the prosternal lobe very thin. Carinal prosternal striae converging anteriorly, but not connected. They reach about ½ prosternal length. Basal prosternal margin emarginate. Mesoventrite smooth, anteriorly cuspidate. Thick and crenulate marginal stria angled anteriorly. Meso-metaventral suture present, outlined by a row of punctures. Metaventrite smooth except the posterior part where large punctures are present. In males a short median longitudinal ridge is present. Inner lateral mesoventral striae shifted mediad, straight, sligthly diverging posteriorly, then curved inwards at the end. Outer lateral stria shaped similarly, connected with marginal mesoventral stria. Postmesocoxal striae present as short straight fragments. Abdomen. First abdominal ventrite with a row of punctures anteriorly, otherwise smooth. Lateral and postmetacoxal striae sub-parallel, curved mediad. Propygidium and pygidium shiny with only very sparse miniscule punctures. Legs. Profemur flat, smooth with a stria along the anterior margin. Protibia smooth, very small denticles along the outer margin in apical ⅓. Protibial spur small and sharp. Protarsus simple, protarsomere 4 half the length of 5. Claws short. Mesofemur smooth, mesotibia with thin bristles along the inner and outer margin. Hind leg same as middle leg. Male genitalia. Phallobase about ½ of aedeagus length. Parameres fused, with an opening in the middle. Aedeagus curved in apical half with a strongly widened and truncate tip.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204A5130AFA8FB6CFC86FBE1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. It differs from the most similar C. lucida by the frontal punctation, presence of pronotal punctation on the entire surface, complete outer lateral metaventral stria and absence of subhumeral elytral sulcus.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A5204A5130AFA8FB6CFC86FBE1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Name refers to punctuation on the frons.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520445132AFA8FB21FE00FAB5.taxon	description	Figs 6, 7 G, 8 G	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520445132AFA8FB21FE00FAB5.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: ♂: FIT _ 006 _ 2 _ I / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / 2 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 30. xi – 1. xii. 2022, 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 °. 03 ’ 04.6 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (MMBC) Paratypes (8): 1 ♀: Cameroon CMR / FIT / ECO / 005 / Mt. Cameroon NP. Drink Gari / 5. xii. 2021 – 4. i. 2022, 635 m FIT / N 04 ° 05 ’ 58.4 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 46.5 ” / P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀: FIT _ 006 _ 2 _ IX / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / 2 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 24. xi 2023 – 20. i. 2024, 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 °. 03 ’ 04.6 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 ♀: FIT _ 006 _ 2 _ I / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / 2 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 30. xi – 1. xii. 2022, 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” - E 009 °. 03 ’ 04.6 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCPV); 1 ♀: FIT _ 006 _ 3 _ IV / CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / 3 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 24. xi 2023 – 20. i. 2024, 310 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 10.1 ” - E 009 °. 02 ’ 59.6 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCJSP); 1 ♀: FIT _ 006 _ 1 _ VIII / Cameroon CMR / FIT / 006 / 1 / Mt. Cameroon NP Bamboo / Camp. 14. x. – 24. xi. 2023 390 m / N 04 ° 05,22.7 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 06.7 ” / FIT P. Baňař & F. L. Ewome lgt. (PCJSP); CAMEROON CMR / FIT / 006 / ECO CAMEROON / Mt. Cameron NP Bamboo camp / res. plot. 5. xii – 4. i. 2022 369 m / N 04 ° 05 ’ 20.8 ” E 009 ° 03 ’ 04.6 ”, flight / Interc. trap. P. Baňař & P. Hlaváč lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♂: CÔTE D’IVOIRE: MONTAGNES Km 1.8, piste du Mont Tonkoui 1120 m, 7 ° 26 ’ 40 ” N 7 ° 38 ’ 40 ” O 27. XI. 2019, F. Génier & A. Gué forȇt de nuage, piège à interception de vol, 2019 - 41 (CMN); CAMEROON: South, nr. Ambam at 2 ° 23.08 ’ N 11 ° 15.58 ’ E. 620 m. 23 – 24. iii. 2008. M. Bolm (CSCA)	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520445132AFA8FB21FE00FAB5.taxon	description	Description. Measurements of holotype (in mm). Head width — 0.66; width between anterior pronotal angles — 0.82; pronotum maximum width — 2; pronotum median length — 0.9; pronotum maximum length — 1.04; width across elytra — 2.67; maximum length of elytron — 2.16; sutural length of elytron — 1.72. Body widely round, only slightly convex dorsally. Surface entirely heavily punctuated. Cuticle matte black. Head. Frons densely and coarsely punctate. Punctures separated by ½ their diameter or less. Frontal stria carinate supraorbitally, thinner in medial parts, extended onto clypeus. Fronto-clypeal area depressed. Labrum convex, emarginate, finely punctate. Mandibles with same degree of punctation as labrum. Eyes convex. Scape large, curved, punctate, with several isolated short bristles. Pedicel small. Antennomers 3 – 9 gradually wider creating a conical shape together with a densely setose club. Thorax. Entire pronotal surface densely and coarsely punctate with same pattern as frons. Marginal stria complete, but hardly visible in some parts due to the coarse punctuation. Basal pronotal margin widely angled. Shallow longitudinal depressions present along lateral margins. Scutellar shield very small, triangular, smooth. Elytra punctuated in same pattern as frons and pronotum. Elytral epipleuron smooth and shiny. Epipleural stria complete. Marginal sulcus narrow, present along the entire lateral elytral margin, with 12 round pits, closely spaced. Dorsal striae 1 – 5 and sutural elytral stria all entire, wide and with crenulate margins. Prosternum punctate (punctures separated by less than ½ their diameter). Marginal stria of prosternal lobe thin, complete. Basal suture of prosternal lobe not apparent, with a a smooth band without punctures in its position. Carinal prosternal striae keeled, with a narrow, depressed sulcus between them. Prosternal base sharply emarginate. Mesoventrite punctate, anteriorly cuspidate. Complete marginal stria angled anteriorly. Meso-metaventral suture wide and crenulate, curved anteriorly. Metaventrite punctate with very large punctures present in two elongate, medially located depressions. Inner lateral metaventral striae straight, running posteriad. Outer lateral striae curved outwards, postmesocoxal striae in same shape. Abdomen. First abdominal ventrite with diminishing punctuation posteriorly. Lateral and postmetacoxal striae parallel, in posterior half bent medially. Propygidium with punctures separated by 0,5 – 2 times their diameter, surface between them matte. Pygidium without punctures, matte. Legs. Profemur flat, with large punctures, stria present along the anterior margin. Protibia smooth, very small denticles around the apex. Protibial spur tiny and blunt. Short bristles along the entire inner margin. Protarsus simple, protarsomere 4 half the length of 5. Claws short. Mesofemur delicately punctate, mesotibia with only few bristles along the inner margin. Hind leg same as middle leg, but completely without bristles. Male genitalia. Phallobase about ¼ of the aedeagus length. Aedeagus straight, curved in apical ¼. Tip of aedeagus not widened, narrowly rounded.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520445132AFA8FB21FE00FAB5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The species appears closely related to C. decellei Dégallier, from which it differs mainly in having the parallel longitudinal metaventral depressions dotted.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520445132AFA8FB21FE00FAB5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is dedicated to our dear friend and colleague, Alexey Tishechkin, as a recognition of his great contribution to the taxonomy of Histeridae. Because of the significant increase of new species attributed to the genus Coelocraera and the apparent nonmonophyly of the genus, we refrain from making changes to Dégallier’s key (Dégallier, 1983) and rather await a highly necessary revision of this genus and the closely related genus Coproxenus, or even better of African Exosternini as a whole.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520415135AFA8FF1CFE6BFB8D.taxon	description	New record for Cameroon.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520415135AFA8FB0CFE6BFA89.taxon	description	New record for Cameroon.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520415135AFA8FA08FE6BF801.taxon	description	New record for Cameroon.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520425136AFA8FE50FE6BFD75.taxon	description	New record for Cameroon.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
038B87A520425136AFA8FC94FCB6FC71.taxon	description	Second reported specimen. New record for Cameroon.	en	Vienna, Pierpaolo, Simon-Pražák, Jan, Baňař, Petr (2025): Notes on the genus Coelocraera from Cameroon with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Exosternini). Zootaxa 5725 (4): 551-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.6
