Acylophorus lomaensis Levasseur, 1971

Lott, Derek A., 2012, Further studies of African Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 3168, pp. 39-52 : 48

Acylophorus lomaensis Levasseur, 1971

( Fig. 23 )

Material examined. BOTSWANA: Kasane: Chobe Safari Park, banks of Chobe, 17O48’S 25O8’E, M Uhlig, 12– 13. iii.1993, 10 ( ZMHB).

Discussion. Previously only recorded from the Congo catchment and the single type locality in Sierra Leone, this new material of A. lomaensis from Botswana represents a considerable southward extension of its known distributional range. As with A. salifi , there is some variation in the form of the aedeagus and other features between different populations, which may represent a complex of species.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Distribution of Acylophorus lomaensis Levaisseur.