Campylorhabdus poggei ( Harold, 1878 ), 2008

Mazur, Slawomir, 2008, Notes on some African Histerini (Coleoptera: Histeridae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (1), pp. 41-47 : 41-47

Campylorhabdus poggei ( Harold, 1878)

Campylorhabdus poggei (Harold) exhibits a great deal of external variation that is it has been described twice, by Harold (1878: 100) as Tinotarsus poggei and by Schmidt (1889: 367) as Campylorhabdus singularis . Later Lewis (1907: 313) transferred T. poggei to the genus Campylorhabdus Schmidt and, finally, the author ( Mazur, 1997: 12) synonimized C. singularis with C. poggei . Both these species have been described from the type-series, so a designation of the lecto- and paralectotypes is needed. To a better recognition, the male genital structure is figured ( Figs. 21-25).

Material examined:

Campylorhabdus poggei ( Harold, 1878) Lectotype: a female, 1) [green, handwritten] Poggei Harold *, [ Angola] Regn. Lunda, 2) [green, handwritten] Pogge, 3) [white, printed] 60052, 4) [blue, printed] Hist.-Coll. ( Coleoptera ) Nr 60052, Tinotarsus Poggei Harold *, Regn. Lunda, Pogge, Zool. Mus. Berlin, 5) [red, printed] Syntypus, Tinotarsus poggei Harold, 1878 , labeled by MNHUB 2008, 6) [white, printed] Lectotypus, 7) [white, printed] Des. S. Mazur 2008, 8) [white, printed] Campylorhabdus poggei ( Harold, 1878) , Det. S. Mazur 2008.

Other material examined: a male, [ DR Congo] Afr. centr., Kongogeb., 67875 [ MNHUB]

Campylorhabdus singularis ( Schmidt, 1889) Lectotype: sex undetermined, 1) [white, printed] [ Tanzania] Zanzibar, Hildebrand, 2) [red, printed] Type, 3) [white with blue margin, printed] singularis Schmidt , 4) [white, printed] coll. J. Schmidt, 5) [white, printed] coll. Schmidt - Bickhardt, 6) [red, printed] Syntypus, Campylorhabdus singularis Schmidt, 1889 , labeled by MNHUB, 7) [white, printed] Lectotypus, 8) [white, printed] Des. S. Mazur 2008, 9) [white, printed] Campylorhabdus poggei ( Harold, 1878) Det. S. Mazur 2008 .

Paralectotype: a male, 1) [white, handwritten] Campylorhabdus singularis Schm. type, Zanzibar, 2) [white, printed] 67874, 3) [red, printed] Type , 4) [red, printed] Syntypus, Campylorhabdus singularis Schmidt, 1889 , labeled by MNHUB 2008 , 5 ) [white, printed] Paralectotype, 6) [white, printed] Des. S. Mazur 2008, 7) [white, printed] Campylorhabdus poggei ( Harold, 1878) Det. S. Mazur 2008 .

Other material examined: [ Tanzania] Namupa, D.O.A., 1 ex. [ MNHUB] .