taxonID	type	description	language	source
FD7487B46A03FFD41A0B647E808EFBE4.taxon	description	Figs 2 – 4	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A03FFD41A0B647E808EFBE4.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Poecilomorpha passerinii Hope, 1841 (by monotypy).	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A03FFD41A0B647E808EFBE4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Poecilomorpha differs from the other Sphondylini genera by the following combination of character states: head constricted posteriorly (Fig. 2 F), the rounded apical edge of the ligula, internal edges of eyes posterior to canthi parallel (Fig. 2 F), antennae (Fig. 2 H) moderately long, reaching beyond procoxae; pronotum trapezoidal in shape (Fig. 1 I); pronotum and elytra coarsely punctate (Fig. 2 D); the subparallel external margins of elytra (Fig. D); metafemora swollen (Fig. 2 E), metatarsomeres I – III shaped differently than pro- and mesotarsomeres III and tergite II with two sclerotized areas (Fig. 2 I).	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A03FFD41A0B647E808EFBE4.taxon	description	Redescription HEAD. Constricted behind eyes (Fig. 2 F); frontal surface along eye margins with ocellate punctures (Fig. 2 F); frons convex, punctate. Antennae subclavate (Fig. 2 H), medium in length reaching beyond procoxae, with 11 antennomeres; scape subconical with two longitudinal carinae on posterior part; antennomere I globose; V – X articulated laterally; XI ovoid; scape and antennomere II – IV with scattered setae; setae on X – XI short and compressed. Eyes (Fig. 2 E – F) prominent 1.4 × as wide as long, covering ¾ of lateral sides of the head, margin posterior to canthi parallel (Fig. 2 F). Frontoclypeal groove shallow (Fig. 2 F). Clypeus trapezoidal, punctate, with erect pubescence laterally, anterior region translucent; labrum semicircular (Fig. 2 F), surface of disc sparsely setose, anterior margin densely so. Mandibles triangular, external side convex in lateral view, punctate, with procumbent setae. Maxillary palps with three palpomeres, I subconical, longer than II; ligula complete. Labial palps with three palpomeres, I shorter than II and III, I subconical. Gula trapezoidal, impunctate. THORAX. Pronotum (Fig. 1 I) trapezoidal, wider than long, with groove along central part of posterior edge, strongly constricted posteriorly; surface convex, coarsely punctate; posterior part wider than anterior, with narrow posterolateral projections; posterior edge beaded, as wide as base of elytra. Procoxal cavities closed, procoxae contiguous, conical, protruding; mesocoxae ovate, protruding slightly; metacoxae subquadrate, metacoxal space wide. Mesoscutum (Fig. 2 J) with stridulatory files; apical region rounded (Fig. 2 J). Scutellum (Fig. 2 J) subtriangular punctate with decumbent pubescence. Elytra (Fig. 2 D) with external margins parallel, disc slightly convex dorsally, coarsely punctate; humeri not prominent. Mesoand metaventral processes joined (Fig. 2 K), with orifice internally. Metaepisternum with anterior groove (Fig. 2 K). Leg pairs progressively longer posteriorly; pro- and mesofemora elongate, metafemora swollen (Fig. 2 E); metatrochanters truncate; meso- and metatibiae with row of denticles dorsally, apophysis rounded, apex with two spurs; pro- and mesotarsomeres I – III subconical; metatarsomeres I – III subcylindrical; on each leg tarsomere IV reduced in size, tarsomere V curved, as long as I – III combined, dorsal edge with mucro; claws bifid; empodia short, with two setae. ABDOMEN. Tergites (Fig. 2 I) I and III with two sclerotized regions, rest membranous. First spiracle distinctly larger than others (Fig. 2 J); pygidium subtriangular, punctate and setose; ventrite I with anterior edge beaded, abdominal process not projected between metacoxae; in females, last abdominal ventrite slightly concave apically, with projection in abdominal cavity. MALE GENITALIA. Aedeagus (Fig. 2 P – Q); dorsal portion of median lobe membranous; struts and lateral margins of median lobe slightly sclerotized; struts fused with edge of median lobe. Tegmen (Fig. 2 O); parameres long, fused; tegmen ring lanceolate; roof long. FEMALE GENITALIA. Spermatheca (Fig. 2 M) complex; proximal part of spermathecal capsule kidneyshaped; stem and terminal portion of capsule connected by common duct. Nomenclatural changes Following the revision of the type specimens of Poecilomorpha apicalis Pic, 1951, P. atricornis Pic, 1951, P. curta Pic, 1951, P. fasciaticeps Pic, 1951, P. immaculatipes Pic, 1951, P. impressipennis Pic, 1951, P. laticornis Pic, 1951, P. nigroapicalis Pic, 1951, P. nigromaculata Pic, 1951, P. overlaeti Pic, 1951, P. testaceipennis Pic, 1917, P. trimaculata Pic, 1951, P. usambarica Weise, 1902 and a comparison with Leucastea dohrni Stål, 1855 (type species of the genus Leucastea Stål, 1855), the aforementioned Poecilomorpha species are transferred to Leucastea based on their subfiliform antennae, presence of two transverse and well-marked grooves on the pronotum (one anteriorly, the other posteriorly), and the rounded pronotal lateral edges (Jacoby & Clavareau 1905). Also following the revision of the type specimens of Poecilomorpha diversipes Pic, 1951, P. trilineata Erber & Medvedev, 2002 and from the examination of the photograph of the type specimen of P. gravastella Péringuey 1908, they are transferred to Sphondylia based on the following character states: head broad and without constriction behind eyes; eyes not prominent; thorax wider than long, widest at middle and with rounded lateral edges; pronotum without grooves; and elytra distinctly narrowed posteriorly (Jacoby & Clavareau 1905). Following the comparison of the type specimens of Poecilomorpha abyssinica Pic, 1951 and P. delagoensis Pic, 1913 with Sphondylia afer (Klug, 1824) it is considered that P. abyssinica and P. delagoensis are synonyms of S. afer. After revising the type specimen of Poecilomorpha tarsata Bryant, 1941 and comparing it with Monrosolopha obscura Erber & Medvedev (a monospecific genus), I transfer this species to Monrosolopha. This decision is based on the head being retracted into the pronotum, the pronotum being the same width or wider than the base of the elytra, and the posterior edge being sinuated. Additionally, after reviewing a photograph of a syntype of Poecilomorpha aureovillosa Jacoby, 1894 and comparing it with Macrolopha rustica Weise, 1902 (the type species of Macrolopha Weise, 1902), I transfer this species to Macrolopha (Macrolophini Rodríguez-Mirón, 2021). This transfer is based on the pronotum having sub-basal lateral projections that point posteriorly (Rodríguez-Mirón et al. 2021). Rodríguez-Mirón (2018) overlooked that Bryant (1923) had synonymized Poecilomorpha luteipennis Westwood, 1864 with Antonaria senegalensis (Lacordaire, 1845), and erroneously listed it as a valid combination. In the same work, Bryant (1923) also established the combination Falsotemnaspis lacordairei (Westwood, 1864) and thus excluded this species from Poecilomorpha; however, Rodríguez-Mirón (2018) erroneously listed it in Poecilomorpha.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A06FFDA1A70610F87AEFEAA.taxon	description	Figs 1 I – 2	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A06FFDA1A70610F87AEFEAA.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Syntype Poecilomorpha passerinii Hope, 1841 (only photographs studied) SIERRA LEONE • ♀; “ W. A. / passerinii Hope, type / Type (green label) / TYPE Hope Col. Man. III, p. 179, T. 2, f. 4, Coll. Hope Oxon. (white label with red border) / 68 / TYPE COL: 1992, Poecilomorpha passerinii Hope, HOPE DEPT (white label with black border) / dissected mouthparts stuck to a card ”; OUMNH. Syntype Poecilomorpha innotata Pic, 1911 REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • 1 spec.; “ BENITO, Congo Franc. (green label) / Poecilomorpha n. sp. pres passerinii / typus chez Donckier / Type / Poecilomorpha innotata Pic / TYPE. (red label) ”; MNHN. Other material examined NIGERIA • 2 ♀♀; “ Lagos Dist. ”; Jul. 1944; W. E. S. Merrett leg; NHMUK. • 1 ♂; Baly Coll.; NHMUK SIERRA LEONE • 1 ♀; “ Rhobomp ”; MNHN. BENIN • 1 ♀; Kétou; 1900; R. P Paichoux leg; MNHN.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A06FFDA1A70610F87AEFEAA.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis Poecilomorpha passerinii differs from P. minuta, P. cribricollis and P. pseudocribricollis sp. nov. by the following combination of characters: surface of the ocular canthus concave; margin of the antennal awning not extended onto eye canthi (Fig. 2 G); frontoclypeal groove arcuate (Fig. 2 F); and elytral suture carinate on apical third length. In P. minuta, P. cribricollis and P. pseudocribricollis, the surface of the ocular canthi is convex; margin of the antennal awning prolonged onto eye canthi; frontoclypeal groove is straight; and elytra lacking a carina along suture.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A06FFDA1A70610F87AEFEAA.taxon	description	Redescription Male MEASUREMENTS AND COLORATION. Length 6.4 – 7.1 mm, width 2.5 – 2.6 mm. Head and antennae black; mandibles, labium, maxilla, thorax and abdomen orange; pronotal disc, coxae, base of femora, tibiae and tarsi brown; elytra iridescent, varying from blue to green. HEAD. Occiput coarsely and sparsely punctate; interocular region coarsely and densely punctate, with long brown pubescence, interspaces smooth, 0.6 – 1 × as wide as puncture diameter (Fig. 2 F); surface of ocular canthus concave; margin of the antennal awning not extended onto canthi (Fig. 2 G); antennae reaching posterior edge of pronotum; scape twice as long as antennomere III, III as long as VI, V longer than wide, VI – X wider than long; frontoclypeal groove arcuate (Fig. 2 F); last labial palpomere bullet-shaped, apex horizontally truncate; last maxillary palpomere subconical, apex truncate. THORAX. Pronotum (Fig. 1 I) with disc coarsely and sparsely punctate, interspaces smooth, 2 – 3 × wider than puncture diameter; surface with black pubescence; base 1.3 × wider than anterior margin; posterior angles rounded. Scutellum (Fig. 1 J) subtriangular, rounded at apex, deep punctate, with procumbent pubescence. Elytral (Fig. 2 D – E) humeri rounded; pubescence brown and white randomized near the elytral suture; surface with carina along apical third of suture. Metaventral process with small notch projecting between mesocoxae (Fig. 2 K). Metepisternum (Fig. 2 K) finely punctate and pubescent, disc impunctate and glabrous; metaventrite convex, sparsely punctate and pubescent. Tibiae swollen near apex, with decumbent pubescence; hind tibiae also curved ABDOMEN. Compact; pygidium declivous, triangular with the base longer than the lateral margins, sparsely punctate, pubescent; apex of last ventrite emarginate. Aedeagus (Fig. 2 P – Q), median lobe with apex rounded; struts 1.5 × as long as median lobe. Tegmen (Fig. 2 O) slightly sclerotized. Parameres (Fig. 2 O) obtuse at apex, tegmen ring ‘ card spade-shaped’, roof 1.5 × as long as parameres. Female Ventrite V with projection into abdominal cavity; projection triangular with rounded apex. Sternite VIII trident-shaped (Fig. 2 L). Spermatheca complex (Fig. 2 M); proximal part of spermathecal capsule with velum rounded; common duct globose; stem and terminal portions of capsule joined, terminal portion S-shaped, more robust than stem; spiculum gastrale asymmetrically forked (Fig. 2 N).	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A06FFDA1A70610F87AEFEAA.taxon	distribution	Distribution Benin (new record), Ghana (Weise, 1902), Nigeria (new record), Republic of the Congo (Pic 1911), Sierra Leone (Hope 1841).	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A06FFDA1A70610F87AEFEAA.taxon	discussion	Remark Maurice Pic proposed P. innotata based on the absence of a black spot on the pronotum. Additionally, he described P. innotata twice based on the same specimen, in 1911: 213 and 1946: 152.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A08FFDB1A0D64C58721F97D.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A08FFDB1A0D64C58721F97D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • ♂; “ MUSÉE DU CONGO, Equateur: Flandria, fine 1928, R. P. Hulstaert / Poecilomorpha passerinii G. E. Bryant det. Hope / sg. Monocolobaspis mihi / Macrolopha minuta n sp / R. DET., F, 5138 / R. DET. 5630 / HOLOTYPUS minuta Pic ”; RMCA.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A08FFDB1A0D64C58721F97D.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis Poecilomorpha minuta differs from the other species of the genus by a finely punctate occiput (Fig. 3 G) and scutellum with apex truncate. In the other examined species, the occiput is coarsely punctate. The scutellum in P. passerinii and P. pseudocribricollis sp. nov. is rounded at apex; in P. cribricollis the apex is mucronate. Poecilomorpha minuta can also be differentiated from P. passerinii based on shape of aedeagus.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A08FFDB1A0D64C58721F97D.taxon	description	Redescription Male MEASUREMENTS AND COLORATION. Body length 6.6 mm, width 2.4 mm. Entirely yellow orange except: antennae black, apex of mandibles brown, elytral basal thirds iridescent brown. HEAD. Occiput finely punctate; interocular space convex, coarsely and densely punctate with long yellow setae, interspaces smooth less wide than puncture diameter (Fig. 3 G); surface of ocular canthus convex; margin of antennal awning prolonged onto canthi; antennae extending beyond pronotal posterior edge; scape 1.8 × as long as antennomere III, III longer than VI, V as long as wide, VI – X wider than long; frontoclypeal groove straight (Fig. 3 G.); last maxillary palpomere conical, apex acute; last labial palpomere bullet-shaped, apex acute. THORAX. Pronotal disc coarsely punctate, interspaces smooth, 1.5 × as wide as puncture diameter (Fig. 3 F); surface with yellow pubescence; base 1.4 × as wide as anterior margin. Scutellum subtriangular, apex truncate, deep punctate, with procumbent pubescence. Elytra with yellow pubescence, humeri weakly projected (Fig. 3 A, C). Metaepisternum (Fig. 3 C) finely punctate and pubescent, disc impunctate and glabrous. Metaventrite convex, sparsely punctate and pubescent. Tibiae swollen near apex, with decumbent pubescence; hind tibiae also curved. ABDOMEN. Pygidium horizontally produced, sparsely punctate, sparsely pubescent, apex rounded; apex of last ventrite truncate and pubescent. Aedeagus (Fig. 3 E, H) with median lobe apex rounded; struts twice as long as median lobe. Tegmen (Fig. 3 D) slightly sclerotized, parameres mucronate at apex, tegmen ring pyriform; roof 1.3 × as long as parameres. Female Unknown.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A08FFDB1A0D64C58721F97D.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality Democratic Republic of the Congo.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A08FFDB1A0D64C58721F97D.taxon	discussion	Remarks Maurice Pic described Poecilomorpha minuta using material that he deposited in the Royal Museum for Central Africa at Tervuren (Pic 1951: 42). He did not specify how many specimens he reviewed, nor did he indicate that there was more than one. The Megalopodidae section at the Royal Museum for Central Africa is well curated, and within this collection, there is only one specimen labeled as the holotype (Fig. 2 I). Therefore, the designation of the holotype follows the recommendations outlined in Articles 72.4.1.1 and 73.1.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0AFFD91A73647F8784F99C.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0AFFD91A73647F8784F99C.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • ♂; “ MUSÉE DU CONGO, de Luebo á Mboi, - II: 1923, L. Achten / R. DET., A, 5630 / HOLOTYPUS cribricollis Pic / desire / Macrolopha cribricrollis n sp / sg Micro colobaspis mihi ”; RMCA.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0AFFD91A73647F8784F99C.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis See P. pseudocribricollis sp. nov.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0AFFD91A73647F8784F99C.taxon	description	Redescription Female MEASUREMENTS AND COLORATION. Body length 7.4 mm, width 2.7 mm. Head, antennae, pronotum, elytra basal thirds orange; elytra apical two-thirds iridescent black; mandibles, legs and abdomen brown. HEAD. Occiput coarsely punctate, interocular space coarsely and densely punctate, with long black setae, interspaces smooth, same wider than puncture diameter (Fig. 3 C); surface of ocular canthus convex; margin of antennal awning prolonged onto canthi; antennae not reaching pronotal posterior edge, scapes 2.4 × as long as antennomere III, III as long as IV, V – X longer than wide; frontoclypeal groove straight; last maxillary palpomere robust, subconical, apex truncate; labial palpomere robust (Fig. 4 F), almond-shaped, apex truncate. THORAX. Pronotum (Fig. 4 D) with disc coarsely punctate, with black pubescence, interspaces smooth, 1.5 – 2.4 × as wide as puncture diameter, base 1.5 × as wide as anterior margin, posterior angles rounded. Scutellum subtriangular, weakly punctate, mucronate at apex, with procumbent pubescence. Elytra (Fig. 4 A) coarsely punctate, pubescence black, lacking carina along suture. Metepisternum (Fig. 4 E) finely punctate and sparsely pubescent. Metaventrite convex, sparsely punctate, pubescent. Tibiae subcylindrical, with decumbent pubescence; metatibiae also slightly curved. ABDOMEN. Pygidium horizontally produced, triangular, with the base longer than the lateral margins, sparsely punctate, pubescent, apex rounded; last abdomen ventrite with apical edge slightly emarginate. Male Unknown.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0AFFD91A73647F8784F99C.taxon	distribution	Distribution Democratic Republic of the Congo.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0AFFD91A73647F8784F99C.taxon	discussion	Remarks Maurice Pic described Poecilomorpha cribricollis using material that he deposited in the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (Pic 1951: 41). He did not specify how many specimens he reviewed, nor did he indicate that there was more than one. The Megalopodidae section at the Royal Museum for Central Africa is well curated, and within this collection, there is only one specimen labeled as the holotype (Fig. 3 I). Therefore, the designation of the holotype follows the recommendations outlined in Articles 72.4.1.1 and 73.1.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0BFFDF1A5963F6813CFC21.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 44 A 210 F 5 - B 5 C 5 - 4031 - AE 52 - 5 D 43 B 7 FE 4 F 1 E Fig. 5	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0BFFDF1A5963F6813CFC21.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • ♀; “ COLL. MUS. TERVUREN, Luluabourg [= Kananga] (Kasal [sic. Kasaï]), 30 - I- 1963, Jan Deheegher / Macrolopha (Microlobaspis) cribricollis, G. M. Rodriguez-Mirón det. 2016 ”; RMCA.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0BFFDF1A5963F6813CFC21.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis Poecilomorpha pseudocribricollis sp. nov. differs from P. cribricollis by the following combination of character states: last labial palpomere bullet-shaped, apex blunt; last maxillary palpomere bullet-shaped, apex blunt (Fig. 5 D); apex of scutellum rounded; metaventrite with longitudinal groove (Fig. 5 B, I). In P. cribricollis, the last labial and maxillary palpomeres almond-shaped (Fig. 4 F); the apex of the scutellum is mucronate and the metaventrite concave.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0BFFDF1A5963F6813CFC21.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS AND COLORATION. Body length 6.5 mm, width 2.5 mm. Head, antennae, pronotum, elytral basal thirds orange; elytral apical two-thirds iridescent black-violet; mandibles, legs and abdomen brown. HEAD. Occiput coarsely punctate; interocular space coarsely and densely punctate, with long brown pubescence, interspaces smooth, same wider than puncture diameter (Fig. 5 C); frons convex, impunctate, glabrous; surface of ocular canthus convex; margin of the antennal awning prolonged onto canthi; length of antennae not exceeding pronotal posterior edge; scape 2.7 × as long as antennomere III; III longer than VI; V and VIII as long as wide; VI, VII, IX and X wider than long; frontoclypeal groove straight (Fig. 5 C); last labial palpomere bullet-shaped, apex blunt; last maxillary palpomere bullet-shaped, apex blunt (Fig. 5 D). THORAX. Pronotum (Fig. 5 E) with disc coarsely punctate, with black pubescence, interspaces smooth, 1.5 × as wide as puncture diameter, base 1.35 × as wide as anterior margin, posterior angles blunt. Scutellum subtriangular, apex rounded, weakly punctate, with procumbent pubescence. Elytra (Fig. 5 A) with humeri weak, pubescence black; surface without carina. Metaventral process with edge curved. Metaepisternum finely punctate and pubescent, posterior portion impunctate and glabrous. Metaventrite with longitudinal groove (Fig. 5 B, I), sparsely punctate, pubescent. Tibiae subcylindrical, with decumbent pubescence; metatibiae also slightly curved. ABDOMEN. Pygidium horizontally produced, triangular with base longer than lateral margins, sparsely punctate, pubescent, apex rounded. Last abdominal ventrite with apical edge emarginate; projection in abdominal cavity triangular, apex rounded. GENITALIA. Spermatheca complex (Fig. 5 G); proximal part of spermathecal capsule with velum truncate, common duct globose; stem and terminal portion of capsule joined; terminal portion L-shaped, more robust than stem; sternite VIII trident-shaped (Fig. 5 F), external prongs bifid; spiculum gastrale symmetrically forked (Fig. 5 J). Male Unknown.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
FD7487B46A0BFFDF1A5963F6813CFC21.taxon	distribution	Distribution Democratic Republic of Congo.	en	Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2025): Redescription of the African genus Poecilomorpha Hope, 1814 (Megalopodidae: Megalopodinae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 987: 264-280, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2865, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2865/13013
