Review of the Genus Dendrocellus Schmidt-Göbel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Dryptini), with Descriptions of Seven New Species Author Liang, Hongbin Author Kavanaugh, David H. text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2007 Oxford, England 2007-03-31 61 1 1 39 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/934.1 journal article 10.1649/934.1 1938-4394 5461668 Dendrocellus australis Péringuey ( Figs. 1 , 25 , 39 , 65 , 107–108 ) Dendrocellus australis Péringuey 1896: 160 ( South Africa , Mozambique ) Desera australis Péringuey, Liebke 1928: 97 ; Basilewsky 1960: 180 ; Lorenz 1998: 477 Specimens examined. Total 23 specimens : Angola : 1 female (CAS), ‘‘L’alange, Angola, IX-11-49, Malkin’’. Cameroon : 1 male (CAS), ‘‘Br. Cameroon, Upper farm, Buea, V. 9-20.49, B. Malkin’’/‘‘Elevation 4,500 ft’’/‘‘ Drypta sp.6 , det. D.H. Kavanaugh 1991’’; 1 female (CMNH) ‘‘Efullen, Kameron, H. L. Weber’’/ March 1922 ’’/Carn. Mus. Acc. 7,363’’/‘‘ Desera australis (Per.) , det. R. Davidson’’. Congo : 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘Fort-Crampel, Congo-Français’’/‘‘R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 12.595’’/‘‘ Desera australis Pér., P. Basilewsky det. 1948’’; 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belg, Sandoa, X-1931 ’’/‘‘R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 12.773’’/‘‘ Desera australis Pér., P. Basilewsky det. 1948’’; 1 female (ISNB), ‘‘Congo-belge: Kwango , Ngowa 5- XI-1937 , R. P. J. Mertens’’/‘‘R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 11.520’’/‘‘ Desera australis Pér., P. Basilewsky det. 1948’’; 2 females (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo belge, Kivu : Masisi’’/‘‘R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 12.595’’/‘‘ Desera australis Pér., P. Basilewsky det. 1948’’; 1 female (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge P. N. U. Gorges de la Pelenge ( 1,150 m ), 21–23 VI 1947 , Mis. G. F. de Witte: 529a’’/‘‘ Dendrocellus australis Péringuey, P. Basilewsky det. 1952’’; 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge P. N. U. Gorges de la Pelenge ( 1,150 m ), 20-21-VI-1947 , Mis. G. F. de Witte: 528a’’, 1 female (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge P. N. U., R. Lusinra ( 1,760 m ), 16.17- VII-1947 , Mis. G. F. de Witte: 580a’’/‘‘ Dendrocellus australis Péringuey, P. Basilewsky det. 1952’’; 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge P. N. U., R. Lusinra ( 1,760 m ), 16.17- VII-1947 , Mis. G. F. de Witt: 603a’’; 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge P. N. U. riv. Kambi-afflt. Kafwi, versant S. E. 25-27-VI-1945 , G. F. de Witte. 164–165’’/‘‘ Dendrocellus australis Péringuey, P. Basilewsky det. 1952’’; 2 males (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belg P. N. G. Miss H. de Saeger, II/gb/6, 16-5-1951 , Réc. J. Verschuren 1,790’’/‘‘ Desera 14 australis Pér., P. Basilewsky det. 1959’’; 1 female (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belg P. N. G. Miss H. de Saeger, II/gd/8, 10-V-1951 , Réc. H. de Saeger, 1,696’’; 1 female (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge, P. N. G. Miss. H. de Saeger, Ppk. 10/d/10, 5-III-52, H. de Saeger, 3,167’’/‘‘ Desera australis Pér., P. Basilewsky det. 1959’’; 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge, P. N. G. Miss. H. de Saeger, I/a/1, 5-VI-1950 , réc. H. de Saeger, 577’’/ ‘‘ Desera australis Pér. P. Basilewsky det. 1959’’; 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge, P. N. G. Miss. H. de Saeger, II/fd/18, 30-V-1952 , H. de Saeger, 3,548’’/‘‘ Desera australis Pér., P. Basilewsky det. 1959’’; 1 female (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge P. N. G. Miss. H. de Saeger, II/gd/4, 8-XI-1951 , réc. H. de Saeger, 2,739’’; 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge P. N. G. Miss. H. de Saeger, II/fd/17, 14-XII-1951 , réc. H. de Saeger, 2,910’’; 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘ Congo Belge P. N. G. Miss. H. de Saeger, Inimvua, 20-V- 1952 , H. de Saeger, 3,488’’/‘‘P. Basilewsky det. 1959, Desera australis Pér. ’’. Kenya : 1 male (ISNB), ‘‘Kenya-Nairobi, Ngang Forest, Alt. 1,900 m’’/‘‘R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 12.595’’/‘‘ Desera australis Pér., P. Basilewsky det. 1947’’. Description. Because the original description ( Péringuey 1896: 160–161 ) is quite detailed, we simply add the following: length 10.8–14.0 mm, width 3.0– 4.2 mm . Apical third of Ant 1 and basal two-thirds of Ant 3 black or dark brown; femora reddish brown with apical third or half black; tibiae nearly black. Head wider than pronotum ( Fig. 1 ), HW/PW 5 1.19 (1.11–1.30); Ant 1/Ant 3 5 3.40 (3.20–3.57); labrum with medial lobe slightly protruded anteriorly ( Fig. 25 ); genae long, slightly tumid; eyes large, about 1.8 times as long as genae. Pronotum widest slightly before middle, PL/PW 5 1.56 (1.45–1.62). Elytra with lateral margins nearly parallel; outer angles slightly dentate, not sharply pointed at apex ( Fig. 39 ), EW/PW 5 2.27 (2.09–2.56), EL/EW 5 1.89 (1.81–2.04). Protarsomere 3 strongly asymmetrical in male; tarsal claws with 5–6 pectinations on inner side, length of the longest pectination subequal to width of claw base ( Fig. 65 ). Aedeagus stout ( Fig. 108 ), with apical lamella narrow, thickened and rounded at apex ( Fig. 107 ). Distribution. Angola , Cameroon , Congo , Kenya , Mozambique , South Africa , Senegal , Uganda , Zambia . Remarks. We did not check the type . Our description is based on specimens determined by Basilewsky. Members of this species are readily distinguished from those of other members of the genus by their red pronota and long tarsal claw pectinations.