Mnioticus kinangopianus, Esser & R, 2019

Esser, Jens & R, Afrotropical, 2019, Revision of Mnioticus COOMBS & WOODROFFE, 1962 (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 915-928 : 919

Mnioticus kinangopianus nov.sp. ( fig. 12 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♀: " Kenya, Aberdare Range , 26.X.1934, B.M.E.Afr.Exp., B.M. 1935-203 / Mt. Kinangop, 10,000 ft, J. Ford / Senecio brassicaeformis / Mnioticus spp. det by R. Leschen 19" [ BMNH] . Paratypes: 2♀♀ " Aberdare , Kinangop, 3725 m, 13/7.48, Å. Holm / 271" [ NHRM, cES] ; 1 ♀ " Kenya, Aberdare Range , 26.X.1934, B.M.E.Afr.Exp., B.M. 1935-203 / Mt. Kinangop, 10,000 ft, J. Ford / Senecio brassicaeformis / Holotype, Kenyacryptus aenigmaticum, designated by R. Leschen 1994 / MS name, det. R. A. Leschen " [ BMNH] .

E t y m o l o g y: Named after the Mount Kiangop (Aberdare Range, Kenya) where the type material was collected.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Female, 2 mm, dark brown, shiny. Covered with pale, short and decumbent hairs. Membranous wings absent. Legs and antennae slender, tarsi 5- segmented, antennae 11-segmented with a 3-segmented club. Segments 4 to 7 more or less longer than broad, of reduced length distally. Segment 8 globular, segment 3 two times longer than broad, segments 1 and 2 shorter but broader. Segments 9 not transverse, segment 10 slightly transverse, segment 11 square-shaped but asymmetrical. Eyes moderately large with fine ommatidia, puncture on head fine and sparse. Pronotum flat and large, transverse (1.6 times broader than long), broadest in the middle, sides strongly narrowed anteriorly and nearly straight to base. Basal furrow moderate, basal fovea deep and enlarged. Anterior margin almost straight, posterior margin straight but notched beside the fovea. Puncture fine and sparse. Elytra elongated, sides of the anterior third nearly straight. Puncture fine and somewhat denser than on pronotum.

C o m m e n t: Well separated due to the typical pronotum and dark colour. M. jeanneli ( SCOTT, 1936) is also a dark coloured species from Kenya but considerably slender ( fig. 6 ).

Figures

Figs 9-12: (9) Mnioticus holmi nov.sp., dark specimen, paratype, female; (10) Mnioticus karisimbianus nov.sp., paratype, female; (11) Mnioticus gugheanus nov.sp. Gughe Mts., paratype, male; (12) Mnioticus kinangopianus nov.sp. Aberdare, paratype, female.

Figs 5-8: (5) Mnioticus scotti nom. nov., female; (6) Mnioticus jeanneli (SCOTT, 1936), male; (7) Mnioticus ruwenzoriensis nov.sp., pale specimen, paratype, male; (8) Mnioticus ruwenzoriensis nov.sp., dark specimen, paratype, female.