Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 93. (Budapest 2001)
Kirejtshuk, A. G.: Notes on the systematics of the African Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
- Elytra with 1 rows of shorter hairs between rows of longer hairs or rows consisted of hairs subequal in length 4 2 Pronotum about half as long as wide at base; head as long as distance between eyes or longer; body always subunicoloured: straw yellow to light brownish. 1.9-2.9 mm. Cameroon, Togo, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda A. (C.) longicollis sp. n. - Pronotum less than half as long as wide at base; head shorter than distance between eyes; body subunicoloured or not infrequently with part of sclerites darkened or black 3 3 Body unicoloured or reddish with more or less darkened elytra, and sometimes pronotum and head also slightly infuscate; underside rarely darkened, although the apex of abdomen always light; in general more slender with elytra about as long as combined width. 1.5-2.6 mm. Throughout in Equatorial and East Africa (to south from Sahara including Angola, Zambia, Tanzania), Republic of South Africa A. (C.) af ricana GROUVELLE, 1909 - Body rather darkened: usually blackish with an elongate oval spot on disc of each elytron; most part of underside, including last abdominal segment blackish or dark brown; in general more robust with elytra markedly shorter than combined width. 2.2-2.6 mm. Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Tanzania A. (C.) rufostigma KIREJTSHUK, 1988 4 Tarsal claws with a weak tooth at base; body smaller: 1.6-2.1 mm; elytra with 1 row of shorter hairs between rows of longer hairs; elytral hairs usually suberect; light and uniform coloured: straw yellow to light brown. Gambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo (Brazaville), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Kenya A. (C.) parvula sp. n. - Tarsal claws strongly toothed at base; body usually larger: 1.6-2.9 mm; elytra with rows of hairs subequal in length; elytral hairs usually subrecumbent; black or dark brown with paler appendages or also with an elongate oval spot on disc of each elytron A. (C.) rotundata [Madagascar]; A. (C.) peringueyi [Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Republic of South Africa]
