Macrocheilus clasispilus Basilewsky, 1967

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2023, Afrotropical ground beetles of Macrocheilus Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) description of four new species and faunistic notes, Zootaxa 5256 (1), pp. 1-35 : 15

Macrocheilus clasispilus Basilewsky, 1967

Figs. 2i , 5c , 8b

Studied material. 1 female: “ Lanto \ Toumodi \Côte d`Ivoire”\\ “ 25.VIII.1971 \ Col. Chemin ”\\ “ Macrocheilus \ clasispilus \Basilw.” [h] \ “Ch. Lecordier det.” [t]\\ “ Macrocheilus \ clasispilus \ Basilewsky” [h]\ “ A.Serrano det. 2022” [t] [h].

Remarks. The species has a scattered distribution throughout Western and Central Africa ( Basilewsky 1967, Lorenz 2021). Macrocheilus clasispilus is recorded for Senegal for the first time.

Male genitalia. A short description and drawings of median lobe in lateral and dorso-apical views were provided by Basilewsky (1967, Figs. 2b , 3b ).

Female genitalia ( Fig. 8d ). Gonocoxite 1 subtriangular; gonocoxite 2 largely sickle shaped, apex sharp; dorsal surface concave, almost all covered with numerous setae, several setae inserted on an outer sub marginal longitudinal rib, subapical inner margin with two setae; ventral surface convex, smooth.

Distribution. Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Republic of Ivory Coast, Republic of Rwanda, Senegal.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Labrum of Macrocheilus (dorsal view). a, M. assmanni n. sp. (holotype); b, M. kudrnai n. sp. (holotype); c, M. philippeorum n. sp. (paratype); d, M. schuelei n. sp. (holotype); e, M. alluaudi, CON (PSC); f, M. basilewskyi, TAN (TAC); g, M. biguttatus, SEN (ACC); h, M. bimaculatus, RCA (TAC); i, M. clasispilus, RCI (ACC).

FIGURE 3.Aedeagus of Macrocheilus: median lobe and right paramere (left, lateral view) and median lobe (right, dorsal view). a, M. kudrnai n. sp. (holotype); b, M. philippeorum n. sp. (holotype); c, M. schuelei n. sp. (holotype); d, M. alluaudi, CON (PSC); e, M. biguttatus, GBI (ASC); f, M. diplospilus, GBI (ASC).

FIGURE 5. Habitus of Macrocheilus (dorsal view). a, M. biguttatus, SEN (ACC); b, M. bimaculatus, GBI (ASC); c, M. clasispilus (holotype, plus labels); d, M. diplospilus (holotype, plus labels); e, M. dorsalis, ZAM (TAC); f, M. dorsiger, BFO (PSC); g, M. elegantulus (holotype, plus labels); h, M. hybridus, ZIM (TAC); i, M. labrosus, RCA (PSC).

FIGURE 8. Right gonopods (gonocoxite 1 and 2) of female genitalia of Macrocheilus: gonocoxite 2 (left, dorsal view) and gonocoxites 1 and 2 (right, ventral view). a, M. bimaculatus, GBI (ASC); b, M. clasispilus, RCI (ACC); c, M. hybridus, ZIM (TAC); d, M. labrosus, RCI (PSC).