G. it. Ent., 14 (61): 299-328
March 2016
Notes on the Subgenus Egadroma Motschulsky, 1855
of the Genus Stenolophus Dejean, 1821,
with descriptions of nine new taxa from the Afrotropical Region
(Coleoptera Carabidae, Harpalinae)
by
S. FACCHINI
Abstract - Eight new species and one new subspecies in the subgenus Egadroma Motschulsky, 1855 of the genus Stenolophus Dejean, 1821 are here described from Africa: Stenolophus (Egadroma) bilineatus n. sp., S. (E.) plagifer namibicus n. ssp., S. (E.) pseudova-riolatus n. sp., S. (E.) camerunensis n. sp., S. (E.) humeroguttatus n. sp., S. (E.) similatus n. sp., S. (E.) simillimus n. sp., S. (E.) zambiensis n. sp., S. (E.) pseudorelucens n. sp. Illustrations of the habitus and male genitalia of the new species and subspecies are provided. Moreover, the following systematic changes are proposed: Acupalpus vittiger Klug, 1853; Acupalpus obscuripes G. Müller, 1942; Acupalpus elegantulus Péringuey, 1892 are true species, not synonyms of Acupalpus plagifer Klug, 1853. The Lectotypus of Acupalpus plagifer Klug, 1853 is designated.
