Hister calabaricus Marseul, 1857

Mazur, Slawomir, 2008, Notes on some African Histerini (Coleoptera: Histeridae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (1), pp. 41-47 : 41-47

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scientific name	Hister calabaricus Marseul, 1857
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Hister calabaricus Marseul, 1857 View in CoL , H. ovatulus Marseul, 1854 and H. torridus Marseul, 1854

All these species have been described by Marseul as separate species ( H. calabaricus : 1857: 415; H. ovatulus : 1854: 228; H. torridus : 1854: 230) classified in the “second group” among the species possessing 3 complete dorsal striae. Detailed examination of the type-specimens showed, however, that all three species belonged to same species, being identical with a pretty variable, pan African Hister tropicus Paykull , especially in the genital structure of the male (Figs. 1-5)

Thus, Hister calabaricus Marseul, 1857 = H. ovatulus Marseul, 1854 = H. torridus Marseul, 1854 = H. tropicus Paykull, 1811 ., syn. nov.

Material examined:

Hister calabaricus Marseul, 1857 View in CoL

Type: a male, 46˙. Hister Calabaricus M.S. [ Nigeria] ( Vieux ) Calab.[ar] , Type, Museum Paris, Coll. de Marseul , 2842-90 [ MNHN] .

Hister ovatulus Marseul, 1854 View in CoL

Type: a male, 44, Hister ovatulus , [ RSA, Capland ] C. b. sp ., Type, Museum Paris, Coll. de Marseul , 2842-90 [ MNHN] .

Hister torridus Marseul, 1854 View in CoL

Type: a male, 46, Hister torridus m., Sénégal, Museum Paris, Coll. de Marseul , 2842-90 [ MNHN] .

Other material examined: Hister torridus , a male, 39453, [ Sudan, Sannār] Senaar, Hartm., torridus de Mars., Hist. -Col. ( Coleoptera ) Nr 39453, Hister torridus de Mars., Sennaar, Hartmann, Zool. Mus. Berlin [ MNHUB].