Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 93. (Budapest 2001)

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

Notes -This species is very distinct from all African congeners due to its slender and dark body with rounded posterior corners of pronotum, elongate antennái club in both sexes, narrow legs, and in particular due to very narrow protibia with rather projecting crenellation along outer edge. The synonymy of the names copiosa, picea and gracilipes became evident after comparison of original description of both last forms, and the comparison of the type specimens mentioned above supported their conspecificity. At the same time, the attribution of the specimens of P. gracilipes funeraria needs to be checked, although the studied specimens of this species from South Africa, including the paratypes of P. picea allow to suppose a high probability of synonymy of the last subspecific name as well. Pria curia COOPER, 1982 Pria curta COOPER, 1982 Pria fulviceps COOPER, 1982, syn. n. Specimens examined - Republic of South Africa: 1 paratype of P. curia (NIIL) - "Port St. John, Pondoland, July 10-31, 1923", "R.E. Turner"; 1 paratype of P. curia (NHL) - "Mossel Bay, Cape Province, Febr. 1922", "R.E. Turner"; 1 paratype of P. fulviceps (NHL) - "Natal, Amanzimtoti, 16.X. 1931", "T.D.A. Cockerel"; 1 paratype of P. fulviceps (NHL) - "Port St. John, Pondoland, July 10-31, 1923", "R.E. Turner"; 1 paratype of P. fulviceps (NHL) - "Somerset East, October 1930", "R.E. Turner". Notes - The type series of both here synonymized names are certainly conspecific and mostly originated from the same localities, although the paratype from Amanzimtoti is a male (but not female as mentioned in the original description) and looks like somewhat different. Nevertheless the holotypes of both belong to the series which share specimens provided by COOPER with the type labels of both names. The specimens of this species remind P. biplagiata, but they have smaller body, light spots on elytra forming a joint transverse stripe, smaller and narrower male antennái club (consisted of 3 antennomeres). Pria hildeb

ranciti GROUVELLE, 1913 Pria hildebrandti GROUVELLE, 1913/; Priaferruginea COOPER, 1982, syn. n. Specimens examined - Madagascar: 3 paralectotypes of P. hildebrandti (DEI) - "Madagascar, Int. Austr., Hildebrandt", "Pria hildebrandti Grouv. *" (designated by S. Endrődy-Younga in 1966 as lectotype and 2 paralectotypes); 1 paralectotype (MNI IN) with the same geographical label