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)
Author
Häckel, Martin
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-11
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journal article
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2b.
Craspedophorus brevicollis beninensis
new subspecies
(
Plate 15
, Fig. 122)
Type
locality.
“
Cotonou
, [southern]
Benin
”.
Type
material.
Holotype
(
♂
): “w
Africa
[s-]
Benin
/
Cotonou
/
VI-1995
/ ex coll.
E. Jiroux
” (
Plate 15
,
Fig.
122, cMH).
Description of
holotype
.
Length
22.5 mm
, width
10.1 mm
. Head, pronotum and statue same as in
C. brevicollis brevicollis
. Body shape and elytral sculpture do not seem to differ from nominotypical subspecies. It differs markedly by its elytral colouration, orange maculae are shorter anteroposteriorly, creating humeral fascia narrower than in
C. b. brevicollis
. In contrast to those in previously refered transitional populations from
Burkina Faso
and northern
Benin
with humeral macula also moderately reduced (
Plate 15
, Fig. 121), humeral macula in
C. b. benineinsis
n. ssp.
(southern
Benin
) is much more reduced, distinctly narrower posteriorly and transversely. In
C. b. brevicollis
humeral macula reaches medially to II interval in contrast to that in
C. b. beninensis
n.
ssp.
with humeral macula reaching medially to III interval at most (
Plate 15
, Fig. 122, cMH).
Distribution.
Southern
Benin
.