Ulomoides basilewskyi (Ardoin, 1969) Ardoin, 1969

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Grimm, Roland, 2014, The genus Alphitobius Stephens (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alphitobiini) in Africa and adjacent islands, ZooKeys 415, pp. 169-190 : 184-185

Ulomoides basilewskyi (Ardoin, 1969) comb. n. Figs 3, 32

Alphitobius basilewskyi Ardoin, 1969

Type specimens examined.

Ivory Coast, Bingerville, VI.1962, leg. J. Decelle, male holotype MRAC. - Same locality and collector as holotype, but IV.1962-III.1963, 3 paratypes MRAC.

Type locality.

“Bingerville”.

Remarks.

Ulomoides basilewskyi (Ardoin, 1969) possesses distinctly crenulated outer margin of all tibiae (see Ardoin 1969), which is characteristic for some species of Ulomoides Blackburn, 1888 ( Hinton 1947, under Martianus Fairmaire, 1893), but not for Alphitobius . In the structure of tibiae, the shape of body, eyes, and antennae Ulomoides basilewskyi resembles Ulomoides dermestoides (Chevrolat, 1878). The striking long apicale of the aedeagus (Fig. 32) resembles those of some Ulomoides , but differs distinctly from those of the Alphitobius species (Figs 18-31).

Distribution.

Ivory Coast.