Omophron (Phrator) barsevskisi Valainis, 2011: 120

Anichtchenko, Alexander & Valainis, Uldis, 2024, To the knowledge of the subgenus Phrator Semenov, 1922 of the genus Omophron Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 5447 (1), pp. 77-90 : 87-88

Omophron (Phrator) barsevskisi Valainis, 2011: 120

Material examined. Holotype, female: “ Cameroon / Edea (Bsse-Sanaga) / Vadon!”, “ Coll. Mus. Congo / Col. P. Basilewsky ” ( MRAC) . Paratypes: 1m, 1f: “ Coll. Mus. Congo / Cameroun: Yaoundé / Col. P. Basilewsky ” ( MRAC); 1f: “Benuë / Lau 14.IV [ Nigeria: Taraba State, Lau, Benue river]”, “nov. bei vittulatum Fairm. / Bänninger” ( ZMHB) .

Comments. Last segment of maxillar palpi elongate, 1.3 times as long as penultimate ( Fig. 27 ). Sclerite of bursa copulatrix as in fig. 43. Species well described by Valainis (2011). The aedeagus of single known male has unfortunately been lost.

Distribution. Nigeria, Cameroon ( Fig. 57 ).

Figures

FIGURE 57. Distribution of species of the subgenus Phrator.

FIGURES 27–35. Maxillar palpi and its variability. (27)—O. (P.) barsevskisi; (28)—O. (P.) alluaudi syn. n. = O. (P.) vittulatum; (29)—O. (P.) vittulatum, holotype; (30)—O. (P.) variegatum, Sardinia; (31)—O. (P.) variegatum seurati syn. n. = O. (P.) variegatum; (32)—O. (P.) multiguttatum depressum, Namibia; (33)—O. (P.) multiguttatum s.str., Kenya; (34–35)—holotype and paratype of O. (P.) ethiopiensis syn. n. = O. (P.) multiguttatum s.str. Scale bar = 1 mm.