Cossyphodinus joannae Basilewski, 1960

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2013, Cossyphodini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) in South Africa, Namibia and adjacent regions: New species and records, key to genera, and Old World species catalogue, Zootaxa 3721 (4), pp. 351-364 : 352

Cossyphodinus joannae Basilewski, 1960

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Examined type material. None.

New material. Tanzania, Mt. Meru, eastern slopes, Momella, 5000 ft. (1525 m), 19.–22.III.1981, leg. H. J. Bremer, 1 ex. HNHM.— Tanzania, Mt. Kitumbeine, Olchoromyokie, 02°55'S / 36°14'E, 2111 m, 9.–11.XI.2011, leg. R. Smith & H. Takano, 1 ex. BMNH.

Remarks. The new records are closely situated to the type locality at Mt. Longido, all in the northern border region of Tanzania next to Kenya.

Type locality. "Longido, Masai Distr."

Distribution. N Tanzania.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Dorsal view of African Cossyphodini. 1. Cossyphodinus basilewskyi Ferrer, 1993, Zambia, holotype ZSM. 2. Cossyphodinus beccarii (Gestro, 1872), Ethiopia, non-type HNHM. 3. Cossyphodinus bremeri Ferrer, 1993, Kenya, paratype TMSA. 4. Cossyphodinus bukavuensis Basilewsky, 1950, Congo, paratype ZFMK. 5. Cossyphodinus goergeni Robiche, 2005, Benin, holotype MNHN. 6. Cossyphodinus joannae Basilewski, 1960, Tanzania / Mt. Meru, non-type HNHM. Scale: 1 mm.