Singilis (s. str.) cribricollis ( Peringuey, 1904 )

Anichtchenko, Alexander, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Singilis Rambur, 1837 of Africa (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini). Part IV, Zootaxa 4158 (2), pp. 183-202 : 188-190

Singilis (s. str.) cribricollis ( Peringuey, 1904)

( Figs. 5, 6 , 25 )

Phloeozetus cribricollis Peringuey, 1904: 177

Material. ZIMBABWE: Lectotype ♂ [designated here]: " Type | SAM / ENT | 000376", " Salisbury | Dec. 97 ", " Phloeozetūs | cribricollis | Typ. Pr. ", "IMAGED | Entovision ", " Lectotype | Singilis (s.str.) | cribricollis Per. | des. Anichtchenko A. 2014 ” ( SAM) ; Paralectotype ♀ [designated here]: "Type | SAM/ENT | 000375", "Salisbury | Dec.

97", " Phloeozetūs | cribricollis | Typ. Pr.", "483", "IMAGED | Entovision", "Paralectotype | Singilis (s.str.) | cribricollis Per. | des. Anichtchenko A. 2014 " (SAM); 1 ♂ —" Salisbury | 12/11/15 ", " Phloeozetūs | cribricollis Pér. ", "SAM-COL-A016650" ( SAM) ; 1 ♂—"Mashunald | Salisbury | Marshall 1894", "SAM-COL-A016649" (SAM); 1 ♀— " Mashunald | Salisbury ", "SAM-COL-A016644" ( SAM). RSA: 1 ♂ — " Transvaal. | Hartmann ", "Musée du Congo | Transval | ex. Staudinger " ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ —" S.Afr.: Limpopo Prov. | Little Muck , Venetia | 22.15 S— 29.16 E ", "8 – 9.12.2008; E-Y: 3820 | at light; 512m | leg. Ruth Müller " ( TMSA) ; 4 ♂, 2 ♀ —" South Africa, Tshulu | Research Reserve | 17/02/2008 Fogging 15. | De Bakker, W. Fannes, R. | Jocqué & A. Henraud leg." (cPS, cAA); 5 ♂—idem., but 18/02/2008 (cPS, cAA); 1 ♂—" S. Afr.: Waterberg | Geelhoutbush farm | 24.22 S— 27.34 E ", " 10.10.1995; E-Y: 3161 | Pyrethrum fogging | Endrödy & Bellamy ", " Peltophorum | africanim Sond " ( TMSA) . ZAMBIA: 1 ♀ —“ Zambia South | Kafue NP | X.2009 Lassalle coll.” (cPS); 1 ♂ —" Zambia C . 23.11.2004 | 100 km NE of | Kapiri Mposhi | ATB Lodge env. | Snižek, Tichý" (cSF).

Diagnosis. Length 4.2–4.7 mm. Testaceous red-brown, elytral pattern variable, may be from with to without black sutural spot behind middle ( Figs. 5, 6 ).

Head irregularly punctate, punctures separated by 1 to 4 diameters. Clypeus smooth. Head and clypeus with distinct isodiametric microsculpture. Eyes large and bulging. Temples short, smooth, without microsculpture.

Pronotum 1.2 times as wide as head, 1.4–1.5 times as wide as long, widest behind marginal setae. Anterior margin straight, anterior angles effaced, sides regularly rounded, weakly sinuate at base, posterior angles rectangular. Punctation irregular and deep, somewhat sparser on disc. Lateral margin flat, explanate in basal half. Basal grooves indistinct, flat. Microsculpture strong, irregular.

Elytra suboval, 1.42–1.5 times as long as wide, with polygonal microsculpture. Striae deep and slightly punctate. Intervals convex at base.

Claws with 5 teeth.

Abdominal sterna smooth, shiny, with long sparse pubescence. Propleuron rugose towards coxae, mes- and metepisterna smooth.

Aedeagus ( Fig. 25 ). Aedeagal median lobe slender, ventral surface straight at midlength, apical fifth of lobe slightly downturned, tip long. Internal sac with two groups of 6 – 8 small and weakly sclerotized spines, and with two large microtrichial patches composed of extremely small spicules.

Distribution. It was described from Salisbury ( Zimbabwe), RSA (country record), Zambia (country record) and Zimbabwe (country record).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Habitus of Singilis (s. str.): 1 — S. allardi (Basilewsky, 1963) (Zambia); 2 — S. allardi, Paratype (immature); 3 — S. shavrini sp. n., Paratype; 4 — S. ambulans (Peringuey, 1896); 5 — S. cribricollis (Peringuey, 1904) (Salisbury, RSA); 6 — S. cribricollis, Lectotype.

FIGURES 25 – 28. Aedeagus of Singilis (s. str.): 25 — S. cribricollis (Peringuey, 1904) (Zambia); 26 — S. pusillus (Peringuey, 1898) (Stockpoort, RSA); 27 — S. burtoni sp. n., Holotype; 28 — S. paganeli sp. n. Holotype.