Sunday, 10 February 2019

N.61: S. Facchini


G. it. Ent., 14 (61): 505-514
March 2016

Two new species of the genus Progonochaetus G. Müller, 1938
from continental Africa
(Coleoptera: Carabidae, Harpalinae)

by

S. FACCHINI

Abstract - Two new species of the genus Progonochaetus G. Müller, 1938 (Anisodactylini) are described from continental Africa: P. unicolor and P. similis. They are respectively the 50th and 51st species of the genus known so far. Illustrations of the habitus and male genitalia of the new species are provided, taxonomic relationships are discussed, and a distribution map for P. unicolor n. sp. and related species is added.