Cossyphus (Cossyphus) moniliferus moniliferus Chevrolat, 1829

Matsumoto, Keita & Háva, Jiří, 2021, A new species of Endustomus Brême, 1842 and new records of Afrotropical Cossyphini Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Zootaxa 5016 (1), pp. 133-141 : 140-141

Cossyphus (Cossyphus) moniliferus moniliferus Chevrolat, 1829

( Figs. 10 , 20B )

Materials studied. Sierra Leone: [1♂; BMNH] “Sierra Leone, 80m, Kalainkay nr. Kamabai Northern Prov. 3- 6.xi.15; // N09°10’52”; W11°56’ 44” Light Trap, R.Goff coll. Leg. Smith.R & Takano.H, BMNH (E) 2016-197 // NHMUK013306672 // Cossyphus (Cossyphus) moniliferus moniliferus Chevrolat, 1829 J. Háva det. 2020” .

Diagnostic characters. This species is closely related to C. punctatissimus Brême, 1846 and it can be distinguished by the structure between the carinae of anal sternite for male. Cossyphus moniliferus moniliferus has longitudinal wrinkles or a small tooth, and C. punctatissimus has four isolated teeth.

Remarks. New country record for Sierra Leone.

Distribution. Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Guinea, Gambia, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Kenya, Libya, Mali, Malta, Mauretania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Portugal (Madeira), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain (Balearic Islands, Canary Islands), Sudan, Syria and Tunisia.

Figures

FIGS. 1‒10. Dorsal habitus of Afrotropical Cossyphini. 1) Endustomus sanjensis sp. nov.; 2) Endustomus magnicollis Fairmaire, 1887; 3) Endustomus gebieni gebieni Reitter, 1917; 4) Endustomus grandicollis (Gerstaecker, 1855); 5) Endustomus nimbaensis Ardoin, 1963; 6) Endustomus integrinus Reitter, 1917; 7) Endustomus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1904; 8) Endustomus senegalensis Laporte de Castelnau, 1833; 9) Endustomus parallelogrammus parallelogrammus Fairmaire, 1888; 10) Cossyphus (Cossyphus) moniliferus moniliferus Chevrolat, 1829.

FIGS. 11‒20. Male genitalia of Afrotropical Cossyphini. 11) Endustomus sanjensis sp. nov.; 12) Endustomus magnicollis Fairmaire, 1887; 13) Endustomus gebieni gebieni Reitter, 1917; 14) Endustomus grandicollis (Gerstaecker, 1855); 15) Endustomus nimbaensis Ardoin, 1963; 16) Endustomus integrinus Reitter, 1917; 17) Endustomus rhodesianus Péringuey, 1904; 18) Endustomus senegalensis Laporte de Castelnau, 1833; 19) Endustomus parallelogrammus parallelogrammus Fairmaire, 1888; 20) Cossyphus (Cossyphus) moniliferus moniliferus Chevrolat, 1829. A = genitalia, dorsal view; B = genitalia, ventral view; C = genitalia, lateral view.