Temnopterus Solier, 1834

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Subgenus Temnopterus Solier, 1834

28– Hydrophilus (Temnopterus) aculeatus ( Solier,

1834) Temnopterus aculeatus Solier 1834: 308 Type locality: Senegal. Description: Hebauer 1994: 133. Geographic distribution: AFR, PAL; CS, ED, NV. References: Peyron 1856; Gemminger and Harold 1868; Marseul 1882; Kuwert 1890a; Bedel 1891; Régimbart 1901; Andres 1913a, b; Sahlberg 1913; Storey 1916; Knisch 1924a; Alfieri 1976; Bameul 1986; Hebauer 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006; Assar and Emara 1996; Salman 1996; Hansen 1999, 2004; Vondel 2005; Fikáček et al. 2012, 2015; Przewoźny and Fikáček 2016.

Genus Sternolophus Solier, 1834

Subgenus Sternolophus Solier, 1834

29– Sternolophus (Sternolophus) solieri Laporte, 1840

Sternolophus solieri Laporte 1840: 54

Type locality: Senegal .

Description: Hebauer 1994: 133.

Geographic distribution: AFR, PAL; CS, ED, GE, NV, SI, WD.

References: Hope 1838; Gemminger and Harold 1868; Marseul 1882; Schaufuss 1883; Ganglbauer 1884; Kuwert 1890a; Gestro 1895; Sahlberg 1903a, b; Sharp 1904; Peyerimhoff 1907; Zaitzev 1908; Andres 1913a, b; Sahlberg 1913; Storey 1916; Ebner 1921; Orchymont 1927; Peyerimhoff 1931; Chiesa 1959; Alfieri 1976; El Sherif et al. 1976; Yano et al. 1983a; Zalat et al. 1992; Salman 1996; Hebauer 1994, 1997, 2006; El-Moursy et al. 2001; Hansen 1999, 2004; Hendawy et al. 2005; 2006; Vondel 2005; Badawy et al. 2013; Fikáček et al. 2015; Przewoźny and Fikáček 2016.

Remarks. This is the best known and most abundant Ethiopian species of Sternolophus , with an expansion into the Near East region ( Hebauer 1994).