Phrator, SEM.

Valainis, Uldis, 2010, A review of genus Omophron Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Palearctic fauna and distribution, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (2), pp. 105-128 : 124-125

SUBGENUS PHRATOR SEM.

PHRATOR MULTIGUTTATUM CHAUDOIR, 1850

= tessellatum Dejean, 1826 ; somalicum Alluaud, 1935

Description: lenght 7.1 – 8.45 mm; width: 4.3 – 4.8 mm. The body is elongate oval, extended. Mandibles are markedly extended, their upper outer corner is widened. The elytra have 14 elytral striae; punctures are shallow, intervals between elytral striae with microsculpture. The surface of pronotum is plicated, front and back margins are densely and rather coarsely punctured. The legs are long, hind-legs tarsus are not more than 1.5 times shorter than the elytra. The lower side of body and legs are light yellow-brown. The lower side of body has dark green-brown pattern of irregular form. The patch on the pronotum stretches from the front to the base margin. The elytral suture at the base margin is suspended in V-form. The elytral pattern is as presented in 3.3.

Comparisons: P. multiguttatum Chaud. is similar to P. variegatum Oliv. , but the form of elytra is less rounded, maxillar palpi of P. multiguttatum Chaud. are shorter. P. variegatum Oliv. has characteristic isodiametric microsculpture, but P.multiguttatum Chaud. transversal. Some differences are also noticeable in the patterns of elytra and pronotum.

Distribution: PAR: EG; AFR: DRC, ER; ET; KY; SO; SU, TA, UG

Processed material: Processed material from Palearctic was published in Valainis, 2009. During the research 67 specimens from the Afrotropical region have been processed as well .

References: Alluaud, 1935; Chaudoir, 1850; Dejean, 1826; Hurka, 2003; Valainis, 2009