Cypholoba Chaudoir, 1850

Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Erwin, Terry L., Sithole, Hendrik & Mawdsley, Alice S., 2012, A synopsis of the genus Cypholoba Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anthiini) known to occur in the Republic of South Africa, ZooKeys 181, pp. 23-43 : 24-25

Cypholoba Chaudoir, 1850

Cypholoba Chaudoir, 1850:43, type species Cypholoba alveolata Brême, 1844:293

Polyhirma Chaudoir, 1850:44; synonymy by Strohmeyer (1928:298)

Diabatus Gistel 1857:36; synonymy by Csiki (1929:381)

Diagnosis.

Medium to large Anthiini (length 15-33 mm) with the following combination of adult attributes: head with distinct basal constriction or “neck;” second labial pa lpomere distinctly longer than third; pronotum rectangular or cordiform (heart-shaped), not at all markedly elevated or swollen, lacking lateral or basal flanges; elytron with rows of elevated costae which alternate with rows of large, deep punctures (in most species); elytral punctures with brown, yellow, or orange setae at bottom in many species; rows of punctures and setae not extending to apex of elytron in most species; apex of elytron flat or planate in most species; elytron often with patterned setae and/or pubescence; posterior margin of elytron usually obliquely truncate; elytron lacking an apical spine.

Distribution.

Southern and eastern Africa.

Included species in the Republic of South Africa.

The species list below and the arrangement of descriptions that follow are ordered alphabetically.

Cypholoba alstoni ( Péringuey), Botswana, Namibia, Republic of South Africa (RSA)

Cypholoba alveolata ( Brême), Botswana, RSA, Zimbabwe

Cypholoba amatonga Péringuey, Mozambique, RSA

Cypholoba fritschi (Chaudoir), Botswana, Namibia, RSA, Zambia

Cypholoba gracilis gracilis (Dejean), Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, RSA

Cypholoba gracilis scrobiculata (Bertoloni), Mozambique, RSA

Cypholoba gracilis zuluana Basilewsky, RSA

Cypholoba graphipteroides graphipteroides ( Guérin-Méneville), Mozambique, RSA, Zimbabwe

Cypholoba leucospilota semilaevis (Chaudoir), Mozambique, RSA

Cypholoba macilenta (Olivier), Lesotho, RSA, Zimbabwe

Cypholoba notata (Perroud), RSA, Swaziland

Cypholoba oberthueri seruana Strohmeyer, Botswana, RSA

Cypholoba opulenta (Boheman), Namibia, RSA

Cypholoba rutata ( Péringuey), Mozambique, RSA, Zimbabwe

Cypholoba tenuicollis aenigma (Dohrn), Botswana, RSA, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Key to adults of Cypholoba Chaudoir species from the Republic of South Africa.