Curelius uhligi, Esser & R, 2017

Esser, Jens & R, Afrotropical, 2017, On Curelius CASEY, 1900 and Ephistemus STEPHENS, 1829 (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) from the Afrotropical Region, Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1139-1145 : 1142-1143

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5410042
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5480626
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0398D973-7051-992F-FF23-FC3A7BEEFEEA
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Curelius uhligi
status	sp. nov.

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Curelius uhligi nov.sp.

Type material: Holotype Ƌ: " R. S. Africa, 14.-16.XI.1993, 34°04’S / 20°27’E, Cape Province, Bontebok NP, lux, leg. M. Uhlig " [ TMP]. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 7 ex. with the same data as the holotype [ MFNB: 5 ex., cES: 2 ex.] GoogleMaps ; 1 ex. " R. S. Africa, 29.- 30.XI.1996, 33°59’S / 22°38’E, Cape Province: Wilderness NP: car catcher, leg. M. + B. Uhlig " [ MFNB] GoogleMaps .

E t y m o l o g y: To the honour of Manfred Uhlig, who collected the specimens of the three species described in this paper and huge amount of Cryptophagidae in South Africa and Namibia.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Male, 1,15 mm, dark chestnut brown. Body convex, with strong but sparse puncture: distance on elytra two diameters, on pronotum more than two diameters ( fig. 3 View Fig ). Eyes normal, one eye smaller than the diameter between the eyes ( figs 7 View Fig ). Prosternal process triangular, with a distinct puncture ( fig. 10 View Fig ). No furrows for antennae next to the prosternal process developed. Legs are slender, pale. Antennae pale, club darkened, 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: Similar to C. johnsoni nov.sp. in colour but well distinguished in different structure of pronotum and elytra. Also similar to C. japonicus (REITTER, 1878) and C. jaegeri nov.sp. but not pale.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from South Africa.