Craspedophorus ruficroides thomsoni, Häckel, 2017

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 : 22

14b. Craspedophorus ruficroides thomsoni new subspecies

( Plate 6 , Fig. 46–48, Plate 13 , Fig. 107)

Type locality. “ Cameroun [= Cameroon]”.

Type material. Holotype (♂): “ Cameroun / G. Schwab [handwritten in black on white label]// Lolodorf [handwritten in black on white label]// Museum of / Comparative / Zoology [printed in black on white label]//? Gabonicus / Thoms. [handwritten in black]/ P. Basilewsky det. 19[printed in black]86[handwritten in black on white label]// Coll. Mus . Congo / Col. P. Basilewsky, 19 [printed in black on white label]” ( Plate 6 , Fig. 48, MRAC). Paratypes. 1♂: “RCA [ Sangha-Mbaéré prefecture], Ndoki NP , Lac 1 / 02°28'51.0N 016°13'04.5E 26.- 28.I.2012, Exp. / Sangha 2012 P.Moretto leg” ( Plate 6 , Fig. 47, cMH) ; 1♀: “C Africa C-Cameroun / Region centre / Yaoundé env . V–1991 ex coll. Moretto ” ( Plate 6 , Fig. 47, cMH). 1♀: “ Gabon / Bas-Ogoué [= Ogooué-Maritime Province]” ; 1♂: [= Ogooué-Ivindo Province] Ivindo ” ; 1♀: “[Moyen-Ogooué Province] Lambaréné ” ( MRAC).

Description of holotype. Length 20.6 mm, width 8.2 mm. Head and pronotum same as in C. ruficroides ruficroides , body somewhat larger (20.4–22.2 mm), elytra weakly more prolonged with humeral macula longer anteroposteriorly ( Plate 6 , Figs 44–48). Aedeagi seem to be very similar ( Plate 13 , Figs 106, 107).

Distribution. Central Africa, Cameroon, Gabon.

Figures

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.