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Kirejtshuk, A. G.: Notes on the systematics of the African Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 93 Budapest, 2001 pp. 17-89. Notes on the systematics of the African Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) A. G. KIREJTSHUK Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia e-mail: AK3929@AK3929.spb.edu KIREJTSHUK, A. G. (2001): Notes on the systematics of the African Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Annales historico-naturalis Musei nationalis hungarici 93: 17-89. Abstract - In this paper the following new species are described from Africa: Carpophilus (Carpophilus) africanus, C. (C.) celisi, C. (Myothorax) congoensis, C. (M.) joliveti, C. (M.) mimicus, Urophorus (Anophorus) grossopunctatus, Pria impulchra, P. kenyaensis, P. parviclava, P. transvaalensis, Meligethes (Chromogethes) amicus, M. (C.) cultus, M. (C.) involutus, M. (C.) profimdopunctatus, M. (C.) schulzei, M. (C.) violascens, M. (C.) vitabundus, M. (Clypeogethes) merkli, Aethina (Circopes) longicollis, A. (C.) parvula, Brachypeplus (Brachypeplus) amplus. Grouvellepeplus gen. n. is proposed for Brachypeplus acuminatus GROUVELLE, 1919 (type-species) and G. endroedyi sp. n. - both species of the new genus are from the Equatorial Africa. Tokocillaeus gen. n. is proposed for Cillaeus linearis ERICHSON, 1843 and Paracillaeopsis subgen. n. for pubescent species of the genus Cillaeus LAPORTE, 1835. The taxa Leiopeplus MURRAY, 1864 and Liparopeplus MURRAY, 1864 are raised to generic rank, and designation of type-species are designated for them and for the genus Cillaeus. The taxa Cillaeus, Xanthopeplus FAIRMAIRE, 1880 and Paracillaeopsis subgen. n. arc considered as subgenera of the same genus. The genus Idosoronia SCHAUFUSS, 1891 is included in the subfamily Cillaeinae, but the genus Ecnomaeus ERICHSON, 1843 is transferred from it to the subfamily Epuraeinae. Brachypeplus tachinoides GROUVELLE, 1915 is regarded as a member of the subfamily Maynipeplinae with unclear position. Lectotype designation for Carpophilus (Carpophilus) bistigma GROUVELLE, 1908, Aethina (Circopes) rotundata GROUVELLE, 1896, A. (C.) pubescens GROUVELLE, 1906 (not ERICHSON, 1843) and A. (C.) tomentosa GROUVELLE, 1906 is given. New synonymies proposed: Pria adusta COOPER, 1982 = P unicolor COOPER, 1982, syn. n.; P. basilewskyi KIREJTSHUK, 1980 = P. coenosa COOPER, 1982, syn. n. and P. coenosa australis COOPER, 1982, syn. n.; P. biplagiata KIREJTSHUK, 1980 = P. marginata COOPER, 1982, syn. n. and P. nigrifrons COOPER, 1982, syn. n.; P. carta COOPER, 1982 = P.fulviceps COOPER, 1982, syn. n.; P. hildebrandti GROUVELLE, 1913 = P. ferruginea COOPER, 1982, syn. n.; P. pauli GROUVELLE, 1908 = P. ochracea COOPER, 1982, syn. n. and P. rufipes COOPER, 1982, syn. n.; P. pulchra KIREJTSHUK, 1980 = P. pilicornis COOPER, 1982, syn. n.; P. umbrosa COOPER, 1982 = P. fragilis COOPER, 1982, syn. n. and P. nitens COOPER, 1982, syn. n.; P weiset GROUVELLE, 1908 = P. aerata COOPER, 1982, syn. n, ; Aethina (Circopes) africana GROUVELLE, 1909 = A. (C.)philippinensis GROUVELLE, 1916; A. (C) rotundata = A. (C.) pubescens GROUVELLE, 1906, syn. n. (not ERICHSON, 1843) and A. (C.) tomentosa syn. n. The names Carpophilus (Carpophilus) bisignatus BOHEMAN, 1851 and C. (C.) bistigma GROUVELLE, 1908 seemed to be proposed for the representatives of the same species, however, the type specimen of the first name is female and at the moment cannot be unequivocally interpreted. The species named here as Pria concolor GROUVELLE, 1899 (paralcctotype studied by the au-