Longiprimitarsus kamerunensis, 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 : 1336

Longiprimitarsus kamerunensis nov.sp. ( Figs 17-20 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype, Kamerun, Bosum bei Termiten, leg. Tessmann (MNHUB). Paratypes: 1 and 1, same origin.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 2.4 mm. Body a little shiny and yellowish-red, antennae and legs yellow. Body devoid of reticulation. Puncturation of the head fine and close. Granulation of pronotum, elytra and abdomen very dense and little salient. Pronotum with weak lateral and posterior depression. Aedeagus Figs 19-20 , spermatheca Fig. 17.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The aedeagus of the new species is similar to that of L. amaniensis ( EICHELBAUM 1913) of which I have examined a female of the type series from Amani (DEI). The spermatheca of the new species is clearly different. The proximal bulb of the spermatheca of the new species is very broad, that of L. amaniensis is narrow. The pronotum of the new species has a weak lateral and posterior depression, that of L. amaniensis is regularly convex. The space between the "crista apicalis" and distal ventral profile of the aedeagus of the new species is ample, that of L. amaniensis is narrow and acute.

E t y m o l o g y: The name of the new species derives from that of the Cameroon.

Figures

Figs 13-18: Habitus, aedeagus in lateral and ventral views, sixth visible tergite of male, spermatheca. (13-16) Coenonica foeminea nov.sp.; (17-18) Longiprimitarsus kamerunensis nov.sp. Habitus scale bar Fig. 13: 2.7 mm; Fig. 18: 2.4 mm, other scale bars: 0.1 mm.

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.