Adoretus similis Benderitter, 1922

Limbourg, Pol, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Rutelinae IV (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 38, pp. 1-42 : 1-42

Adoretus similis Benderitter, 1922

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Adoretus similis BENDERITTER, 1922: 80 [aedeagus illustrated] 87 [described]; MACHATSCHKE, 1965a: 90 [catalogued]; MACHATSCHKE, 1972: 327 [catalogued]; KRAJCIK, 2007: 18 [catalogued]; LIMBOURG & COACHE, 2014: 3 [aedeagus illustrated] 8 [listed] 68 [habitus illustrated].

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Lectotype ♂ present designation: [ Musée du Congo, Eala, III.1917, R. Mayné] [Holotypus] [R. Dét. A 602] [ Adoretus similis Type, E. Benderitter, det.] [Lectotype ♂ Adoretus similis Benderitter, 1922 , des. Pol Limbourg 2012] ( MRAC).

Paralectotype ♂: [Musée du Congo, Eala, I-II.1917, (R. Mayné), Coll. Benderitter] [Musée du Congo, Eala, I-II.1917, R. Mayné] [PARATYPUS] [ Adoretus similis Cotype, E. Benderitter , det.] [R. dét. 1708V] [Paralectotype ♂ Adoretus similis Benderitter, 1922 , det. Pol Limbourg 2012] ( MRAC) .

Paralectotype ♀: [Musée du Congo, Eala, I-II.1917, (R. Mayné), Coll. Benderitter] [Musée du Congo, Eala, I-II.1917, R. Mayné] [PARATYPUS] [R. dét. 1708V] [Paralectotype ♀ Adoretus similis Benderitter, 1922 , det. Pol Limbourg 2012] ( MRAC) .

Paralectotype ♂: [Musée du Congo, Eala, I-II.1917, R. Mayné] [PARATYPUS] [R. dét. 602B] [Paralectotype ♂ Adoretus similis Benderitter, 1922 , det. Pol Limbourg 2012] ( MRAC) .

Paralectotype ♀: [Musée du Congo, Eala, I-II.1917, R. Mayné] [PARATYPUS] [R. dét. 602B] [Paralectotype ♀ Adoretus similis Benderitter, 1922 , det. Pol Limbourg 2012] ( MRAC) .

Paralectotype ♀: [ Musée du Congo, Eala, IV.1918, R. Mayné] [PARATYPUS] [R. dét. 602B] [Paralectotype ♀ Adoretus similis Benderitter, 1922 , det. Pol Limbourg 2012] ( MRAC) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. Burkina Faso: 1♂: Réserve de Nazinga , 09-12.VI.2005, Leg. S. Rojkoff ( RBINS) ; Ivory Coast: 2♂: Siwa, 1995, Leg. D. Camiade ( PCDC) ; 1♂: Man , IV.1998, Leg. P. Moretto ( PCPL) ; 1♂: Comoe, IV.1998, Leg. P. Moretto ( PCPL) ; 1♂: Sassandra , I-III.1998, Leg. P. Moretto ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Bingerville , XII.1961, Leg. J. Decelle ( MRAC) ; 2♂: Bingerville , II.1962, Leg. J. Decelle ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Bingerville , II.1962, Leg. J. Decelle ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Bingerville , V.1962, Leg. J. Decelle ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Bingerville , VI.1962, Leg. J. Decelle ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Bingerville , II.1963, Leg. J. Decelle ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Bingerville , II.1964, Leg. J. Decelle ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Adzopé , IV.2002, Leg. Tropini ( MCCI) ; Ghana: 1♂: Boinso , près de Samreboi, 19.II.2010, UV, Leg. A. Coache ( CEREB) ; 1♂: Daboase, Western Region , V.1999, Leg. C. Joly ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Daboase, Western Region , I.2000, Leg. C. Joly ( RBINS) ; 1♀: Daboase, Western Region , XI.2000, Leg. C. Joly ( RBINS) ; 1♀: South Ghana , VI.1999, Leg. C. Joly ( RBINS) ; Benin: 1♂: Pénéssoulou, Forêt de Goutansoukpa (9°12’35’’N / 1°50’16’’E, 341m), 25.V.2011, à vue, Leg. Bernard Rainon ( CEREB) ; 1♂: Atlantique, Attogon, forêt de Niaouli , (6°44' 07''N / 2°08'27''E, 117m), à la lumière, 28.IV.2012, Leg. Bernard Rainon ( CEREB) ; 1♂: idem, 04.IX.2011 ( CEREB) ; 1♀: idem, 01.V.2013 ( CEREB) ; 1♂: idem, 14.IX.2011 ( CEREB) ; 1♂, 1♀: idem, 29.IV.2013 ( CEREB) ; 2♀: idem, 23. V.2013 ( CEREB) ; 2♀: idem, ultra-violet, 30.IV.2013, Leg. Alain Coache ( CEREB) ; 1♂: Mono, Lokossa, Houéyogbé, forêt de Houéyogbé , (6°33'43''N / 1°51'02''E, 82m), ultra-violet, 08.V.2013, Leg. Alain Coache ( CEREB) ; 1♀: Donga, Bassila, Pénéssoulou, Forêt de Pénélan , (9°14’50’’N / 1°31’45’’E, 392m) 27.V.2013, ultra-violet, Leg. Alain Coache ( CEREB) ; 1♂, 1♀: Zou, Dan, Agbotogbadji, forêt de Dan , bord du Zou, (7°26'32'' N / 2°11'57''E, 52m), 04.VI.2013, ultra-violet, leg. Bernard Rainon ( CEREB) ; Republic of Congo: 1♂: N’Goma, P.N. Conkouati, 17.V.2010, UV, Leg. A. Coache ( CEREB) ; 1♂: Dimonika , XI.1992, Leg. C. Vanderbergh ( CVDB) ; Democratic Republic of Congo: 1♂: Prov. Orient., env. Kisangani, Masako (0.600°N 25.217°E), 20-29.XII.2011, Leg. J. L. Lofete Wetsi ( RBINS) ; 1♂: idem, 24.VIII-03.IX.2011 ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Stanleyville ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Haut Uele , III.1919 ( MRAC) ; 1♀: Equateur, J. Berteaux ( MRAC) ; 2♂: Porto Novo, 1895 ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Sankuru, M’Pemba Zeo ( Gandajlka ), 17.IX.1958, Don R. Maréchal ( MRAC) ; 1♂: Kuvangika, Lele , 23.XII.(19)23 ( RBINS) ; Cameroon: 1♂: Mbalmayo , forest, 10.X.1999, light trap, Leg. G. Goergen ( RBINS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Currently known from Burkina Faso to Democratic Republic of Congo.

BIOLOGY. The species nearly all year round, with data from February to December.