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03FF87C8B005D51AD38D7D3FA68EDF43.text	03FF87C8B005D51AD38D7D3FA68EDF43.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) aurifer Westwood 1874	<div><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) aurifer Westwood, 1874</p><p>(Figs 1, 15)</p><p>Spilophorus aurifer Westwood, 1874: 30; Marais &amp; Holm 1992: 73; Krajčík 1999: 30.</p><p>Hoplostomus aurifer (Westwood) . Schaum 1848: 62 (catalogue).</p><p>Pseudospilophorus aurifer (Westwood) . Schenkling1921: 362.</p><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) aurifer Westwood. Holm &amp; Perissinotto 2010: 51; Krajčík 2024: 226.</p><p>Diagnosis. The species is obviously most closely related to S. (P.) congoensis sp. nov., described here in the following section. Unfortunately, only the original HT female specimen is currently known for S. (P.) aurifer, and consequently its diagnostic characters are somehow limited. The two species can be separated on the basis of the more extensive and darker dorsal tomentose cover observed in S. (P.) aurifer, by comparison with S. (P.) congoensis . Also, the dorsal sculpture is generally coarser and more scattered in the former than in the latter species. The anterior margin of the mentum of S. (P.) aurifer is very regularly rounded, while in S. (P.) congoensis this is mildly sinuate. Finally, the ventral tooth on the protarsi of the former species is poorly developed and virtually obsolete, while in the latter species this is moderately long and rather sharp.</p><p>Data records. Type series: HT ♀, [Republic of Guinea?]: “Guinea, Aurifer Westw., Mus. Westerm. Zoological Museum DK– Copenhagen” (ZMUC) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C8B005D51AD38D7D3FA68EDF43	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Perissinotto, Renzo;Garnier, Thierry	Perissinotto, Renzo, Garnier, Thierry (2025): Description of new species of Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 with revision of the subgenus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini). Fragmenta entomologica 57 (1): 65-89, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1769, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1769
03FF87C8B005D51AD38D7CFFA099D843.text	03FF87C8B005D51AD38D7CFFA099D843.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto 2010	<div><p>Subgenus Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm &amp; Perissinotto, 2010</p><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm &amp; Perissinotto, 2010: 49; Kajčík 2024: 226.</p><p>Type species: Spilophorus grandis Schein, 1949 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C8B005D51AD38D7CFFA099D843	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Perissinotto, Renzo;Garnier, Thierry	Perissinotto, Renzo, Garnier, Thierry (2025): Description of new species of Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 with revision of the subgenus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini). Fragmenta entomologica 57 (1): 65-89, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1769, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1769
03FF87C8B002D51DD3927C9FA62DD943.text	03FF87C8B002D51DD3927C9FA62DD943.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) cervinus Bourgoin, Ex 1921	<div><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) cervinus Bourgoin, 1921</p><p>(Figs 2, 3, 15)</p><p>Spilophorus cervinus Bourgoin, 1921: 84; Marais &amp; Holm 1992: 73; Kajčík 1999: 30.</p><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) cervinus Bourgoin. Holm &amp; Perissinotto 2010: 50; Krajčík 2024: 226.</p><p>Data records. Types: HT ♀, [Congo-Kinshasa]: Maniéma, Kindu [S02° 55’ E25°52’], 1917, L. Burgeon (MNHN) . Other records. Cameroon: 1♀, South, Obout, 04-1997, inside ants nest (TGMF); Congo-Kinshasa: 1♀, Uele, Dingila [N03°44’ E26°06’], 31/VII/1933, J.V. le Roy (MRAC); 1♀, Equateur, Bonula Sabouga [N01°05’ E19°58’], VII/1926, R.P. Hulstaert (MRAC); 1♂, Wenga Ifomi, E. Quineaux (MNHN); 1♀ (14.5 mm), ibidem, E. Quineaux, R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 10.565, G. Ruter det. 1962, Spilophorus (Pseudospilophorus) cervinus Bourgoin, Ex Collection Dr Vincent Allard, received from Christophe Allard 21.II.2015 (GBEG) ; Congo-Brazzaville: 1♀, Kola, Kouilou, X.2000, Bruno Le Rü (BLLF) ; 1♀, Kinanga, Kouilou, I.2025, local col- lector leg. (BLLF) .</p><p>Distribution. This species occurs mainly in the northern regions of Congo-Kinshasa (DRC), reaching also the central part of Cameroon and southern Congo-Brazzaville to the west (Fig. 15).</p><p>Remarks. Bourgoin (1921) reported in its original description that the HT was “Un mâle”. However, a dissection of this specimen, currently reposited in the MNHN, has revealed that it is actually a female (O. Montreuil pers. comm.). With the exception of the single male, rather old and worn, illustrated in Fig. 2, all the other specimens traced thus far are also females and characterized by an externally tridentate protibia, with the proximal tooth usually much reduced in size by comparison with the other two. Only fully ornamented specimens are currently known for this species, with yellow-ochraceous to brownish-grey tomentum covering most of elytra and scutellar surfaces as well part of pronotum. In the latter, most often there are two symmetric elongate spots close to the lateral margins, but at least in one Cameroonian female these can be more extensive, converging towards the centre and merging to form an almost continuous discal band. The size of this species ranges from 13.4-15.0 mm in TL to 5.8-7.6 mm in MW (Bourgoin 1921; Holm &amp; Perissinotto 2010). Adults appear to be active pretty much throughout the year and a female was found on one occasion inside an “ants nest” (TG data records) and another “resting on leaves” in dense rainforest (B. Le Rü pers. comm.). The larva and other immature stages remain completely unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C8B002D51DD3927C9FA62DD943	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Perissinotto, Renzo;Garnier, Thierry	Perissinotto, Renzo, Garnier, Thierry (2025): Description of new species of Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 with revision of the subgenus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini). Fragmenta entomologica 57 (1): 65-89, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1769, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1769
03FF87C8B002D510D02A7C3FA050DC23.text	03FF87C8B002D510D02A7C3FA050DC23.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) congoensis Perissinotto & Garnier 2025	<div><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) congoensis sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 4, 5, 15)</p><p>Diagnosis. The two female specimens housed in the MRAC were previously confused with S. (P.) aurifer, by virtue of their superficial similarity with the HT female of that species. Several new specimens have recently been discovered in private collections and these include also a few males, thereby allowing a more detailed and comprehensive analysis of their diagnostic characters. The new species is also very close to S. (P.) holmi sp. nov. in size, distribution of tomentum and shape of clypeus. It differs, however, from that species in the arrangement of its tomentose spots (ornamented forms), by exhibiting an extremely narrow longitudinal carina on the pygidium, a longer and sharper protibial ventral tooth and a less straight mentum apical margin. The aedeagal parameres of the two species are also rather distinctive (Figs 4 and 12).</p><p>Type series. HT ♂: Congo RPC [Congo-Brazzaville]: Kinkengue, Bouenza Reg., 05-1993. (TGMF) . PTs, Cameroon: 1♀, Ebogo, 10.2010 (PLPF) ; Congo-Brazzaville: 2♂, Malele, Kouilou, 08-1999 (TGMF) ; 1♂ + 1♀, idem (PLPF); 5♂ + 1♀, idem (BLLF); 1♀, ibidem, 11- 1999, B. Le Ru leg. (TGMF); 2♂, Mengo, Kouilou,</p><p>08-1999 (BLLF); 1♀, Matakall, Pool, 02-1992 (BLLF); 2♂ + 1♀, Voka, Pool, 10-1993 (PLPF); 1♀, ibidem, 11- 1993 (PLPF); 1♀, ibidem, 11-1977, Rec. G. Onoré (RM- CA-ENT-000049356);</p><p>Congo-Kinshasa: 1♀, Musée du Congo, Galli-Koku [Galikoko], Kasai, R. Carlier, Spilophoerus aurifer Westw., det. E. Holm 07 (RMCA-ENT-000049358) ; 1♀, Coll. Mus. Congo, Mayidi, -1942; Rév. P. Van Eyen, R. Dét C 92, Spilophorus aurifer Westw., det. E. Holm 07 (RM- CA-ENT-000049359) ; 1♀ (19.5 mm), Zaire, Katanga, Zilo, 3-1991, Ex Collection Dr Vincent Allard, received from Christophe Allard 21.II.2015 (GBEG) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C8B002D510D02A7C3FA050DC23	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Perissinotto, Renzo;Garnier, Thierry	Perissinotto, Renzo, Garnier, Thierry (2025): Description of new species of Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 with revision of the subgenus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini). Fragmenta entomologica 57 (1): 65-89, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1769, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1769
03FF87C8B00BD514D38D7D9FA799DE03.text	03FF87C8B00BD514D38D7D9FA799DE03.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) grandis Schein, G. Ruter 1949	<div><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) grandis Schein, 1949</p><p>(Figs 6-10, 15)</p><p>Spilophorus (Pseudospilophorus) grandis Schein, 1949: 306–8 .</p><p>Spilophorus grandis . Marais &amp; Holm 1992: 73; Krajčík 1999: 30.</p><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) grandis . Holm &amp; Perissinotto 2010: 52; Krajčík 2024: 226.</p><p>Diagnosis. Its close resemblance with S. (P.) holmi sp. nov., described further down, has led to the past confusion and mixing up of characters between the two species. As explained in greater detail under the description of the latter species, the two can be separated mainly on the basis of the colour of their tomentum (white-cream in S. (P.) grandis rather than golden-cream like in S. (P.) holmi), and the size of the protibial ventral tooth, which is rather well- developed in S. (P.) grandis but atrophic in S. (P.) holmi . Also, the central gap between right and left lobes of the aedeagal parameres is virtually obsolete in the latter species, while it is rather wide in the former, as a result of the markedly arcuate inner margins of its lobes.</p><p>Data Records. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.05&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.783333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.05/lat -25.783333)">Type</a> series. HT ♀, [South Africa]: Barberton [S25°47’ E31°03’], 2.1906, Miss de Beer, Typus Spilophorus grandis m. det. Schein, München (TMSA) .</p><p>Other records. South Africa: 1♀, KZN, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=32.383335&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.966667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 32.383335/lat -27.966667)">False Bay</a> [S 27 o 58’, E 32 o 23’], 27 Mar 2010, Drowned on lake shores, R Perissinotto &amp; L Clennell (RPGS) ; 1♀, idem, 2 Apr 2010 (BMCS); 2♂, idem, 2 May 2010 (BMCS); 1♂, idem, 16 May 2010 (RPGS); 1♀, idem, Nov 2015 (TGMF); 2♂ + 1♀, ibidem, 11 Nov 2016, Inside aerial nests of Crematogaster peringueyi, R Perissinotto &amp; L Clennell (RPGS) (Fig. 6).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C8B00BD514D38D7D9FA799DE03	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Perissinotto, Renzo;Garnier, Thierry	Perissinotto, Renzo, Garnier, Thierry (2025): Description of new species of Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 with revision of the subgenus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini). Fragmenta entomologica 57 (1): 65-89, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1769, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1769
03FF87C8B008D509D02A7B9FA3EAD863.text	03FF87C8B008D509D02A7B9FA3EAD863.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) holmi Perissinotto & Garnier 2025	<div><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) holmi sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 11, 12, 15)</p><p>Diagnosis. A revised in-depth analysis has revealed that the Tanzanian specimens are substantially different to those of the series retrieved from the False Bay region of KZN, and from the HT female from Barberton originally used in the description of S. grandis by Schein (1949). Superficially, this new species differs from S. (P.) grandis by exhibiting: 1) golden-cream, rather than white-cream, tomentum across the body (Figs 12 and 13); 2) an atrophic tooth and relatively scattered setation on the ventral side of the protibia (Fig. 12 B), while these are substantially more developed in S. (P.) grandis . The central longitudinal ridge on the frons of holmi is also smoother and less elevated than in grandis, and the basal attachment of the labium is narrower and more laterally constrained in the former than the latter species. Its aedeagal parameres are gradually tapering in the apical half, rather than abruptly as in S. (P.) grandis, and the central gap between right and left lobes is virtually obsolete, while it is rather wide in the latter species as a result of the markedly arcuate inner margins of its lobes (Fig. 11 F, G). The two species also live in drastically different habitats, with S. (P.) grandis mainly restricted to the coastal sand forests of KwaZulu-Natal and S. (P.) holmi, on the other hand, occurring in tropical rainforests on the lower slopes of the Uluguru Mountains.</p><p>Type series. HT ♂: [Tanzania]: Tanzanie, Mts Uluguru, Kiroka, for. héliophile, nids Crematogaster, alt. 725 m , 27-</p><p>31/V/71, Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Mission Mts Uluguru, L. Berger, N. Leleup, J Debecker V/VIII/71, R. Det. 7937 B. (RMCA-ENT-000049326). PTs, Tanzania: 1♀, idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049343); 1♀, idem (RMCA ENT 000049349 → RPGS); 1♂, idem (RMCA-ENT-000047933) ;</p><p>1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049304); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049305);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049306); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049307); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049308);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049309); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049313); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049314);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049315); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049316); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049317);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049318); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049319); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049323);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049324); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049325); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049326);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049327); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049328); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049329);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049333); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049334); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049335);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049336); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049338); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049339);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049344); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049345); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049346);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049347); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049348); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000049353);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000049354); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000049355); 1♂, idem (RM- CA-ENT-000047933);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000047934); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000047935); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000047936);1ind.,idem(RMCA-ENT-000047937); 1 ind., idem (RMCA-ENT-000047938); 1 ind., idem (RM- CA-ENT-000047939); 1 ind., idem (SRSF); 1♂ (19 mm), ibidem, Ex Collection Dr Vincent Allard, received from Christophe Allard 21.II.2015 (GBEG) ; 1♀ (19.5 mm), idem (GBEG); 1♂ (20 mm), idem, R. Det. 7937 B. (GBEG); 1♂, ibidem, Spilophorus grandis Schein, G. Ruter det. 1975 (RM- CA-ENT-000049303 → RPGS) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C8B008D509D02A7B9FA3EAD863	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Perissinotto, Renzo;Garnier, Thierry	Perissinotto, Renzo, Garnier, Thierry (2025): Description of new species of Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 with revision of the subgenus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini). Fragmenta entomologica 57 (1): 65-89, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1769, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1769
03FF87C8B012D50ED3927EBFA1D7DE43.text	03FF87C8B012D50ED3927EBFA1D7DE43.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) superbus Perissinotto & Garnier 2025	<div><p>Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) superbus sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 13-15)</p><p>Diagnosis. This rather striking species is similar to S. (P.) aurifer, but significantly larger in size and lacking median carina on the pygidium. Its tomentose ochreous-yellow ornamentation is also drastically more extensive than in S. (P.) aurifer, covering most of head, pronotum, pygidium and approximately half of the elytral surface. Unfortunately, comparisons of aedeagal parameres cannot be undertaken at this stage, as the male of S. (P.) aurifer is yet unknown (Holm &amp; Perissinotto 2010).</p><p>Type series. HT ♂: [Cameroon]: S. Cameroun, Memiam, Reg. Mbalmayo, 8/10/1983, “ S. grandis ornamented form ou s. sp. nov.”, 18.5 mm (TGMF) . PTs, Cameroon: 1♀, Ebogo, Reg. Yaounde, Dec 2002, Fourmiliere, “ S. aurifer ornamented”, 18 mm (TGMF) ; 1♀, “ Cameroun ”, R.P. Carret (MNHN) ; Congo-Brazzaville: Dimonika, Mayombe, X/2008, Bruno Le Rü (BLLF) .</p><p>Description of holotype ♂</p><p>Size. 18.3 mm (TL); 10.9 mm (MW).</p><p>Head. Black and shiny at margins, with wide yellow-ochreous tomentose area from vertex to frons (Fig. 13 A, D); glabrous,</p><p>with scattered punctate sculpture across entire surface; clypeus deeply concave with anterior margin roundly bilobate, lateral margins steeply upturned and protruding outwards at centre; clypeal base roundly elevated towards frons; vertex with black median longitudinal ridge, bilaterally depressed with ochreous tomentum on entire surface; antennal clubs black, approximately as long as pedicel and flagellum combined; pedicel black, but flagellum brown, each carrying tufts of medium-length light-brown setae.</p><p>Pronotum. Largely covered in yellow-ochreous tomentum, except on central disc area which is black and shiny (Fig. 13 A, D); lateral margins roundly angled at centre, widest just anteriad of base; roundly emarginate above scutellum; generally glabrous, with few short brownish setae along lateral margins; large but sparse round punctures on disk, becoming smaller and more scattered towards margins.</p><p>Scutellum. Shiny black, with only residual patch of yellow tomentum on basal part of lateral margins; with round punctures along all margins, but virtually absent on central disc; lateral margins compressed at centre and apex very pointed (Fig. 13 A).</p><p>Elytra. Shiny black, covered in dense yellow-ochreous tomentum on lateral and apical margins and declivities, as well as around humeral callus and on apical half of disc, as intruding flame-shaped tongues; with marked perisutural depression in basal half, smaller depressions also mediad of humeral calli; glabrous, with only tiny light setae noticeable along lateral and apical margins; very sparse round to umbilicate punctures on disc becoming smaller to absent on declivities and margins (Fig. 13 A, C).</p><p>Legs. Black, short and robust, with short brown setae; densely sculptured with round to elongate irregular punctures; protarsi particularly short, protibiae externally bidentate and with very short internal tooth; mesotibia with sharp median outer denticle and short but pointed spurs; metatibia with poorly-developed median outer denticle, but long and sharp spurs (Fig. 13 A-C).</p><p>Pygidium. Entirely covered in yellow-ochreous tomentum, except on baso-lateral corners and central part of basal margin; surrounded by a sharp basal ridge, with deep concavity along entire basal margin; glabrous with few short setae only along apical margin; large round punctures in basal and baso-lateral area, becoming smaller and sparser on disc and towards apical margin (Fig. 13 E).</p><p>Venter. Shiny, black but dark brown on abdominal ventrites, with extensive cover of yellow-ochreous tomentum on metasternum, metepisternum and metepimeron; small- er spots and patches of tomentum also on 7 th abdominal sternite, femoral and coxal bases; mesosternal lobe minute and rounded, not protruding; metasternal lobe concave and bell-shaped, with median sulcus narrow and shallow; very fine round punctures scattered across entire surface, becoming larger and more densely spaced towards margins; very short brownish setae along margins of metasternum and abdominal ventrites (Fig. 13 B).</p><p>Aedeagus. Dorsal lobes wide and compact, tapering very gradually towards apex; slightly diverging at centre and converging but not overlapping at apex (Fig. 13 F); perfectly rounded dorsally and sharply pointed at apex in lateral view (Fig. 13 G).</p><p>Derivatio nominis. This species is named after the striking tomentose ornamentation of its general body surface.</p><p>Distribution. The species is currently known from the Centre Region of Cameroon and from the southern part of Congo-Brazzaville (Fig. 15).</p><p>Remarks. Specimen size ranges from 18.3-19.1 mm (TL) to 10.6-10.9 mm (MW). The four type specimens currently known are virtually identical in general habitus. The female is slightly smaller in size than the male and exhibits wider tomentose areas on the sides of each abdominal ventrites (Fig. 14). Data accompanying one of the female specimens indicate that it was found in an anthill (“Fourmiliere”).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87C8B012D50ED3927EBFA1D7DE43	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Perissinotto, Renzo;Garnier, Thierry	Perissinotto, Renzo, Garnier, Thierry (2025): Description of new species of Spilophorus (Prospilophorus) Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 with revision of the subgenus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini). Fragmenta entomologica 57 (1): 65-89, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1769, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1769
