Perarogula lamottei Hoffmann, 1963

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Perarogula lamottei Hoffmann, 1963

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Perarogula lamottei Hoffmann, 1963: 313 (original description).

Perarogula lamottei: Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999: 183 (catalogue).

Type locality. Nimba , Mont Tô [ Guinea].

Material examined. Paratypes, 1 spec. ( MNHN): ‘76 Pb [hw] / IFAN, NIMBA ( Guinée) Lamotte et Roy VII– XII 51 [p, blue] / Perarogula lamottei m. [hw] A. Hoffmann det. [p] / PARATYPE [p, red] / Muséum Paris [p] Guinée M. Lamotte [hw, blue]’; 2 spec. with same data except ‘ Ph’ and ‘ Pg’; 1 spec. ( MNHN) with same data but two additional labels reading ‘ Mt To (1600 m) Camp 1 [p] / Omotrachelus sp. ign. [hw] Det. G. A. K. Marshall [p]’; 1 spec. ( MNHN): ‘ Mt. Nimba , Guinea VII-XII 1951, Lamotte et Roy [hw] / Perarogula lamottei m. [hw] A. Hoffmann det. [p] / PARATYPE [p, red] / Muséum Paris [p] Guinée M. Lamotte [hw, blue]’ ( Fig. 6A ).

Remarks. This genus and species were described for 7 specimens of both sexes from Nimba in Guinea. Hoffmann regarded it as being similar to “ Coenopsis (Otiorrhynchinae) ”, i.e. the genus Caenopsis Bach, 1854 , now placed in Trachyphloeini , based on the state of the longitudinal furrows behind the eyes in lateral view, and to Trachyphloeini based on its unusual elytral striae and the structure of the metacoxae and ventrite 5. However, these three characters are not typical only for Trachyphloeini . According to the state of its antennal scrobes in lateral view, which are of the “brachyderine” type (narrow, invisible dorsally, the dorsal and ventral margins sharp, directed below the eyes and separated from them), the connate claws and the metatibiae lacking corbels, this genus clearly belongs to the tribe Sciaphilini Sharp, 1891 , as already surmised by Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (1999: 183) wherein they state it is “Probably a Sciaphilini ”.

Figures

FIGURE 6. A — Perarogula lamottei Hoffmann, 1963, habitus, male, dorsal view, Paratype, and its labels. B — Platycopes tuberculatus Marshall, 1906, habitus, male, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.