Geopora pascuorum, Pace, 2012

Pace, R., 2012, New data and new species of Aleocharinae from Tropical Africa in the Natural History Museum of the Humboldt University, Berlin (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1331-1362 : 1338

Geopora pascuorum nov.sp. ( Figs 23-25 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype, D.O. Afrika, Kilimandscharo, ca. 2500-3000 m, am Bismarokhügel, oberhall Marangu, S von Mawensi Hochweiden, II.1912, leg. Chr. Sohröder (MNHUB). Paratype: 1 (devoid of spermatheca, perhaps lost, not by me), same origin.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 2 mm. Body feebly shiny and reddish-brown, abdomen yellowish-red with free abdominal tergite four brown, antennae yellowish-red with the two basal antennomeres yellow and eighth to tenth reddish-brown, legs yellow. Reticulation of the fore-body indistinct, that of the abdomen clearly visible. Puncturation of the fore-body very dense and very superficial. Granulation of the abdomen evident. Aedeagus Figs 24-25.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The habitus of the new species is similar to that of G. aequinoctialis ( FAUVEL 1900) (olim Atheta ) from Congo, of which I have examined the typical series of 2 males and 2 females from Kincassa (IRSNB). The aedeagus of the new species is a little arched to the ventral side, that of G. aequinoctialis deeply arched. The apex of the aedeagus of the new species, in ventral view, is very obtuse, that of G. aequinoctialis is very acute.

E t y m o l o g y: The name of the new species means "Of the pastures."

Figures

Figs 19-25: Aedeagus in lateral and ventral views, habitus, spermatheca. (19-20) Longiprimitarsus kamerunensis nov.sp.; (21-22) Derelina lata nov.sp.; (23-25) Geopora pascuorum nov.sp. Habitus scale bar Fig. 21: 1.4 mm; Fig. 23: 2 mm, other scale bars: 0.1 mm.