Pseudopterorthochaetes endroedyi (Paulian, 1974)

Ballerio, Alberto, Gill, Bruce D. & Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2011, Illustrated overview and identification key to Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) with description of four new species, Zootaxa 2892, pp. 1-24 : 22

Pseudopterorthochaetes endroedyi (Paulian, 1974)

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Material. 18 specimens, Cameroon S.-West Prov., Mt. Kupé at Nyasoso, N04°49.153’ E009°42.453’, 19– 21.V.2006, 1550m, V. Grebennikov leg. ( ABCB, BDGC, CNCI).

Remarks. Flightless species known from Ghana, Ivory Coast ( Paulian 1977) and also from Gabon (first record: forêt de la Lopé, leg. Bartolozzi, MZUF). This is the first record for Cameroon and Gabon.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Pseudopterorthochaetes endroedyi (Paulian), habitus. A—distended specimen, dorsal, B – D—rolled up specimen, ventral (B), dorsal (C), lateral (D).