Craspedophorus congoanus Kolbe, 1889

Häckel, Martin, 2017, A contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Panagaeinae Hope, 1838 from Africa. Part 3. Revision of the Craspedophorus strachani and C. brevicollis groups (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 4330 (1), pp. 1-67 : 7-8

2. Craspedophorus congoanus Kolbe, 1889

( Plate 6 , Figs 49–51, Plate 13 , Fig. 109)

Craspedophorus congoanus Kolbe, 1889: 116 (type locality “Kwako bis Kimpoko [=Bandundu Province, Democratic Repubic of the Congo]”). Burgeon 1930b: 160 (ex parte), 1935b: 180 (ex parte), Basilewsky, 1960a: 84, Lorenz 2005: 320, Häckel and Farkač 2012: 80.

Compared material. 1♀: “Comp. typ. / Basilewsky [printed in black on red circumscribed label]// Musée du Congo / Equateur : Flandria [printed in black]/ 23–III–1932 [handwritten in black]/ R. P. Hulstaert [printed in black]/ 224[handwritten in black on leftside on white label]// Mus . Berlin / IX. 1954 [handwritten in black on red label]// Cr. congoanus Klbe [handwritten in black]/ P. Basilewsky det., 19[printed in black]54 [handwritten in black on white label]” ( Plate 6 , Fig. 49, MRAC) .

Additional material examined. DR Congo: Équateur. 1♂: “ Eala Bokatola-Bikoro ” ( Plate 6 , Fig. 50, Plate 13 , Fig. 109) ; 1♂: “ Flandria ” ; 1♂, 1♀: “ Lukolela ” ( MRAC) ; 1♀: “ Congo Katanga [probably missplaced, correctly Équateur Province] Lukolela ” (cDM) ; 1♀: “ Tshuapa: Etata ” ; 1♀: “ Tshuapa: Ikela ” ; 1♀: “ Tshuapa: Mabali , terr. Bikoro, Lactumba” ( MRAC) . Kasaï-Occidental. 1♂, 1♀: “ Terr. Dekese ” ; 1♂, 1♀: “ Luebo ” . Kasaï-Oriental (Sankuru). 1♀: “ Sankuru: Djeka ” ; 1♂: “ Kasai: Djeka ” ; 1♀: “ Kasai: Kondue ” ; 1♀: “ Sankuru: Kondue ” . Maniéma. 1♂: “ Kindu ” . Orientale (Tshopo). 1♀: “ Stan [leyville].: Litoko ( Elengalale )” ( Plate 6 , Fig. 51, MRAC).

Note. This species is based on specimens labeled “Kwako bis Kimpoko”. Recently this route is located in Kwango District, Bandundu province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Description (in part, see Kolbe 1889: 116). “Length 21 mm. A large, gracile species, differing strongly from previous form [ C. buettneri ], mainly by smooth dorsum, most similar to C. grossus ( Hope, 1842) , but with mostly all parts more elongated. Head short, pronotum cordiform, with margins posteriorly strongly narrowing, excavated in front of posterior angles, dorsum weakly rugate, irregularly and indistinctly punctured. Elytra almost parallel-sided, relatively narrow, striae smooth and deeply impressed, very finely and rarely punctured; intervals convex, glossily, very finely and sparsely punctured. Humeral macula red, large, more narrowing medial than lateral, reaching from VI to VIII interval, furthermore with small macular spot on V interval; preapical macula reduced to one spot on VII interval, which smaller, more elongated, ovoid. Metepisterna short, wider than long. Ventral sternites anteriorly, in the middle, crenulated. Kwako bis Kimpoko” [from German]. I have not seen the type, my conclusions are based on the Basilewsky’s compared type in his collection in MRAC ( Plate 6 , Fig. 49). Aedeagus of the DR Congo male, collected in Équateur Province, ( Plate 13 , Fig.109), is very similar to those of C. ruficroides n. sp. and C. phenax Basilewsky, 1987 ( Plate 13 , Figs 106–108).

Distribution. Democratic Congo: Bandundu, Équateur, Kasaï-Occidental, Kasaï-Oriental, Maniema, Orientale Provinces.

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PLATE 6. Habitus of Craspedophorus strachani group V (Scale bar: 10 mm). 44. C. ruficroides ruficroides n. sp., HT (male); 45. C. ruficroides ruficroides n. sp., PT female, Guinea; 46. C. ruficroides thomsoni n. ssp., PT male, Central Africa; 47 C. ruficroides thomsoni n. ssp., PT, female, Cameroon, Centre; 48. C. ruficroides thomsoni n. ssp., HT (male); 49. C. congoanus Kolbe, 1883, female, DR Congo: Équateur (comparative type Basilewsky 1954); 50. C. congoanus Kolbe, 1883, male, DR Congo: Équateur; 51. C. congoanus Kolbe, 1883, female, DR Congo: Orientale; 52. C. phenax Basilewsky, 1987, HT (male); 53. C. phenax Basilewsky, 1987, female, DR Congo: Kasaï-Oriental; 54. C. phenax Basilewsky, 1987, male, Camerooon, West; 55. C. phenax Basilewsky, 1987, male, Camerooon, West.

PLATE 13 Craspedophorus strachani group II, aedeagus in frontal and right lateral views: 101. C. chevalieri (Alluaud, 1915), Central Africa; 102. C. cuneatus cuneatus (Alluaud, 1915), Central Africa; 103. C. cuneatus paromius Basilewsky, 1987, Orientale, DR Congo; 104. C. cuneatus rotundatus new subspecies, HT; 105. C. glaber Bates, 1886, Cameroon, Southwestern; 106. C. ruficroides ruficroides new species, HT; 107. C. ruficroides thomsoni new subspecies, PT RCA; 108. C. phenax Basilewsky, 1987, PT Fontem, Cameroon, West; 109. C. congoanus Kolbe, 1889, Eala Bokatola-Bikoro, Équateur, DR Congo; 110. C. phenacoides new species, HT; 111. C. lemariei new species, HT.