identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03D387FDFF9D6F55FBAEFA5AEBAA9D78.text	03D387FDFF9D6F55FBAEFA5AEBAA9D78.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rismethus rainoni Platia & Coache 2023	<div><p>Rismethus rainoni n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 1-7)</p><p>ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/ 4BB67393-55C9-4DDF-A2EB-11CB4FBD5F27</p><p>Holotype, ♂, Bénin, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=1.6666667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.2388887" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 1.6666667/lat 6.2388887)">Athiémé, rives du Mono</a>, 20.XI.2022, 06°14’20’’N - 01°40’00’’E - 29 m (Fig. 6 &amp; 7), A. Coache leg. (CCEC) .</p><p>Paratypes (24 ex.)</p><p>- 8 ♂ &amp; 9 ♀, same data as holotype (CCEC, CAC, CPG) .</p><p>- 1 ex., Bénin, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=2.1991668&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.442222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 2.1991668/lat 7.442222)">Dan, rives du Zou</a>, 17 V 2013, ultra violet, 07°26'32''N - 02°11'57''E, 52 m, A. Coache leg. (CAC) .</p><p>- 1 ex., Bénin, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=1.5988499&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.2491665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 1.5988499/lat 9.2491665)">Pénéssoulou, Gatakpal</a>, 23 II 2020, ultra violet, 09°14'57.00N - 01°35'55.86''E, 374 m, B. Rainon leg. (CBR) .</p><p>- 1 ex., Bénin, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=1.5501806&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.2464695" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 1.5501806/lat 9.2464695)">Pénéssoulou</a>, sortie du village, zone humide, ultra violet, 21 II 2020, 09°14'47.29''N - 01°33'00.65''E, 386 m, A. Coache leg. (CAC) .</p><p>- 1 ex., Bénin, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=1.5261999&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.249609" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 1.5261999/lat 9.249609)">Pénéssoulou, forêt de Pénélan</a>, 06 X 2019, ultra violet, 09°14’58.59’’N - 01°31’34.32’’E, 401 m, A. Coache leg. (CAC) .</p><p>- 1 ♂ &amp; 1 ♀, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=1.5533333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.2375" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 1.5533333/lat 9.2375)">Pénéssoulou</a>, stade, 18 X 2012, ultra violet, 09°14’15’’N - 01°33’12’’E, 415 m, A. Coache leg. (CLD) .</p><p>- 1 ♀, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=1.5291667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.247223" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 1.5291667/lat 9.247223)">Pénéssoulou, forêt de Pénélan</a>, 11 X 2012, ultra violet, 09°14’50’’N - 01°31’45’’E, 392 m, A. Coache leg. (CLD) .</p><p>Diagnosis. – A species close to R. riesei Platia, Biondi &amp; Sechi, 2020 from Gabon that can be separated for the smaller size and the stouter body because of shorter elytra compared to pronotum and aedeagus with slenderer median lobe and apices of paramera.</p><p>Description of the holotype</p><p>Coloration. – Not or moderately shiny; entirely dark-brown generally with reddish shadings on the basal slope, after the middle and at apex of elytra, in some specimens simulating two symmetrical, sub-rounded spots after the middle near the suture; antennae and legs lighter, ferruginous; all the body is clothed with regular, short, thickened and dark- yellowish scales, partially hiding the integuments.</p><p>Head. – Narrower than the anterior margin of pronotum, frons slightly convex, densely punctured, with a rough surface, anterior margin straight, prolonged andmergedwiththeclypeus. – Antennae (Fig. 2) very short, strongly serrated from the fourth article on; second and third articles sub-cylindrical, with the second of a larger diameter and slightly longer than the third, taken together twice longer than the fourth; fourth-tenth dilated and wider than long, the last longer and after the middle asymmetrically constricted to the apex.</p><p>Thorax. – Pronotum 1.09-1.12x wider than long, widest in the anterior third, convex, gradually sloping at the sides, more abruptly at base, with a short and shallow mid-longitudinal depression on the basal slope; sides moderately dilated in the anterior third, suddenly constricted before the apex and prolonged to include the eyes; backwards gradually tapering and very slightly sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter short, scarcely divergent, widely truncate and with a very light carina difficult to see; lateral margins crenulate, visible in a dorsal view and interrupted just before the anterior constriction; punctuation dense, uniformly distributed; punctures deep, simple, with shortest and shiny interstices difficult to see because hidden by the scales. – Pronoto-sternal sutures deeply grooved in the first half to receive theantennae. Deep grooves subparallel to the pronoto-sternal sutures are present for the accomodation of the anterior tarsi.</p><p>Scutellum. – Longer than wide, convex, longitudinally carinate, uniformly, finely and densely punctured.</p><p>Elytra. – 1.9x longer than pronotum and as wide as it, 1.66x longer than wide, convex; sides clearly arcuate, widest just before at the middle then regularly tapering to the apices, these rounded; surface hidden by the scales but shiny, strongly punctured with not well defined striae and interstriae. – Wings well developed and able to the fly.</p><p>Legs. –Tarsalarticlessimpleanddecreasingregularlyinlength;clawssimple.</p><p>Aedeagus (Fig. 1). – With median lobe just a little longer than the paramera (length 0.37 mm).</p><p>Female. – Extremely similar to the male only with a little large body and impossible to separate without examination of the genitalia.</p><p>Size. – length 2.3-2.9 mm; width 0.85-1.0 mm.</p><p>Etymology. – The species is dedicated to our friend and traveling companion,Mr. Bernard Rainon with whom we have been inventorying the entomological fauna of Benin for more than 15 years now.</p><p>Ecological notes. – We cannot specify the ecology of this new species because all the specimens were captured during night hunting with ultraviolet light along the Mono River which borders Benin and Togo, in the municipality of Athiémé.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D387FDFF9D6F55FBAEFA5AEBAA9D78	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Platia, Giuseppe;Coache, Alain	Platia, Giuseppe, Coache, Alain (2023): Description of a new species of Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947 from Republic of Benin with a key to the known African species (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypnini). Faunitaxys 11 (27): 1-4, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(27), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376482
03D387FDFF986F57FEDDFF59ECAE9836.text	03D387FDFF986F57FEDDFF59ECAE9836.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rismethus Fleutiaux 1947	<div><p>Key to the four African known species of Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947</p><p>1. Third antennal article just shorter than the previous.................................................... 2</p><p>— Third antennal article notably shorter than the previous................................................. 3</p><p>2. Size larger (length 3.3-3.6 mm), pronotum long as wide, elytra longer (2.05x) compared to pronotum. Median lobe of aedeagus long as the paramera................................... riesei Platia, Biondi &amp; Sechi, 2020 (Gabon).</p><p>— Size smaller (length 2.3-2.9 mm), pronotum wider than long, elytra shorter (1.9x) compared to pronotum. Median lobe of aedeagusslightlylongerthan paramera....................................... rainoni n. sp. (Benin Republic).</p><p>3. Slenderer body; elytra with more or less distinct and expanded reddish maculae; median lobe of aedeagus long as the paramera...................................................... chassaini Platia &amp; Sechi, 2021 (Malawi).</p><p>— Stouter body; elytra without reddish maculae; median lobe of aedeagus shorter than the paramera...................................................................... somalicus Chassain, 2001 (Somaly Republic).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D387FDFF986F57FEDDFF59ECAE9836	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Platia, Giuseppe;Coache, Alain	Platia, Giuseppe, Coache, Alain (2023): Description of a new species of Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947 from Republic of Benin with a key to the known African species (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypnini). Faunitaxys 11 (27): 1-4, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(27), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376482
