Macrosiagon inferna ( Schaufuss, 1872 )

Batelka, Jan, 2011, Contribution to the synonymies, distributions, and bionomics of the Old World species of Macrosiagon (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 587-626 : 608-609

Macrosiagon inferna ( Schaufuss, 1872)

( Figs. 34–36 )

Emenadia inferna Schaufuss, 1872: 277 . Type locality: Caffraria [= Republic of South Africa].

Macrosiagon infernum: CSIKI (1913) : 13 (new combination).

Rhipiphorus lugubris Fairmaire, 1887: 304 , syn. nov. Type locality: [ Tanzania], Zanzibar.

Macrosiagon longipes Pic, 1929: 269 , syn. nov. Type locality: [ Democratic Republic of the Congo], Haut Uélé, Moto.

Macrosiagon longicolle Pic, 1931: 34 , syn. nov. Type locality: Uganda.

Macrosiagon longithorax Pic, 1947: 8 , syn. nov. Type locality: Congo [= Democratic Republic of the Congo].

Type material examined. Emenadia inferna . HOLOTYPE: 1♀ ( Figs 34–35 ) (both metatarsi are broken-off) ( ZMHB), ‘ Coll L. W. / Schaufuss [p] // n. sp. / 198 [or 108?] [hw] // Type [p, orange label] // inferna Schauf. / Caffrar. [hw] // inferna / Schauf. [hw, blue label] // Holotypus / Emenadia / inferna Schaufuss, 1872 / labeled by ZMHB 2008 [p, red label]’.

Rhipiphorus lugubris . SYNTYPE: 1 ♀ ( MNHN – coll. L. Fairmaire), ‘ Zanzibar / Raffray [p, green label] // Ripiphorus / lugubris / Fairm / Zanzibar [Fairmaire’s hw]’.

Macrosiagon longipes . SYNTYPE: 1 J ( Fig. 36 ) ( MRAC), ‘MUSÉE DU CONGO / Haut Uelé: Moto / 1920 / L. Burgeon [p] // R. DÉT. [p] / P [hw] / 1541 [p] // Macrosiagon / longipes n. sp. [Pic’s hw] // Holotypus [p, orange label]’.

Macrosiagon longicolle . SYNTYPE: 1 ♀ (brown, teneral specimen) ( BMNH, box U24: 5), ‘Type [p, round white label with red margin] // C.C. Goudey / Kampala?] / 15.ix.05 /No. 420 / Uganda [hw] // Pres. by / Imp. Inst. Ent. /Brit. Mus. / 1931 – 469 [p] // desiré [Pic’s hw] // Macrosiagon / longicolle n. sp. [Pic’s hw]’.

Macrosiagon longithorax . SYNTYPE: 1 ♀ (brown, teneral specimen) ( MNHN – coll. Pic, box no. 6), ‘ Congo / Belge [hw] // type [hw] // type [p, red label] // longithorax / n. sp. [hw]’.

Additional material examined. BURKINA FASO: 1 J 1 ♀ ( MRAC), ‘COLL. MUS. TERVUREN / Haute Volta:

Bobo-Diou - / lasso VII/ VIII. 1964 / R. Siffointe [p]’; 1J ( MRAC), ‘HAUTE VOLTA / Soumousso nr. [for details of habitat see PAULY 1984] / Kélesso, 11.x.1979 / A.Pauly réc [p]’. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 1

♀ ( MRAC), ‘COLL. MUS. CONGO / Tschuapa: Ikela / 1956 / R. Deguide [p]’. GUINEA: 1 ♀ ( JBCP), ‘Irr.Gvineya

[p], okr. Kindia [10°03′N, 12°51′W] / okr. Pastorii / 30.VIII. 1984 [hw] S. V. Murzin [p, in Russian]’. KENYA: 1

♀ ( BMNH), ‘Brit.E.Africa. / Yala R., S. edge / Kakumga Forest. / 4,800 -5,300 ft. // May 21-28,1911 / S.A. Neave.

// 1912-193 [p]’. MADAGASCAR: 1 J ( JBCP), ‘Madagascar c. or / Andasibe-Perinet / 130 km E Antananarivo /

1999 [p]’; 1 J ( JHCP), ‘E Madagascar / Tamatave distr. / Andasibe, 17.-30.12. / J. Horák leg. 2001 [p]’; 1 ♀ (rather old specimen) ( ZMHB), ‘Amber Geb.[Amber or Ambohissi Mts., North Madagascar] [hw]’; 1J ( MNHN – general coll.), ‘Février [p] // Mt. d’Ambre / Madagascar [p] // Macrosiagon / longipes Pic [Pic’s hw]’. TANZANIA: 2 ♀♀

( JBCP), ‘Tanzania bor. / Aruscha env. / 1.- 7.1.1996 / Ing. M. Snížek lgt. [p]’. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA:

1 ♀ ( BMNH), ‘Natal [hw] // Pascoe / Coll. / 93-60 [p]’. UGANDA: 1 ♀ ( JBCP), ‘Uganda c. / Mubende env. / 19.-

22.11. 2001 / Lgt. M. Snížek [p]’; 1 ♀ ( JBCP), ‘ Uganda cw. / 20 – 50 km NEE of / Fort Portal / 26.11. 2001 / Lgt .

M.Snížek [p]’; 1♀ ( BMNH), ‘ Entebbe / Uganda [p] / 15.xii.1912 [hw] / No. [p] 452/ G.B.Sonday [?, partly illegible]

// Pres by / Comm. Inst. Ent / B.M.1981-315 [p] // Macrosiagon / sp. / [illegible] [hw] / Det.G.E.Bryant [p]’.

Remarks. Both SCHAUFUSS (1872) and FAIRMAIRE (1887) correctly compared their species with Macrosiagon nasuta ( Thunberg, 1784) , which occurs in east and south east Asia. Macrosiagon inferna differs from the closely related M. nasuta by having MT 2 shortened (not preserved in the holotype of M. inferna ) and slightly shorter elytra in comparison with length of pronotum. Otherwise, both species are of the same habitus and should be regarded as putative sister species.

Examined types of Rhipiphorus lugubris , Macrosiagon longipes , M. longicolle and M. longithorax agree with preserved parts of the type of Emenadia inferna and all four species are synonymised here with the latter.

Distribution. Afrotropical species. Under various names it was described from Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of South Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar ( Tanzania). It is recorded here from Burkina Faso, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar and continental Tanzania for the first time.

Figures

Figs 34–43. 34–36 – Macrosiagon inferna (Schaufuss, 1872) (34–35 – holotype and labels of Emenadia inferna Schaufuss, 1872; 36 – Macrosiagon longipes Pic, 1929, syntype). 37–38 – Macrosiagon lyauteyi Alluaud, 1902, female from Ihosy. 39–40 – Macrosiagon marcelli Alluaud, 1902 (39 – female from Zimbabwe; 40 – female from Zambia, Serenje, head frontally).41–43 – Macrosiagon trinotata Pic, 1950 (41 – holotype; 42 – female from Kenya, Tsavo, head frontally; 43 – male from Republic of South Africa, Transwaal).