Endustomus nimbaensis Ardoin, 1963

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

Endustomus nimbaensis Ardoin, 1963

( Figs. 5 , 15A‒15C )

Materials studied. Sierra Leone: [1♂; BMNH] “SIERRA LEONE 120m Tiwai Island , Moa River, N07°33’00”;W11°21’09”, 17-22.vi.16 // Leaf Litter Sift, leg. Takano, Miles & Goff, ANHRT 18 :SL-001, BMNH (E) 2016-196 // NHMUK013307590 // Endustomus nimbaensis Ardoin, 1963 K. Matsumoto det. 2020” ; Côte d’Ivoire [ Ivory Coast]: [1♂, 1♀; BMNH] “IVORY COAST, 174m, Taï NP, Taï Research Station (SRET), 05°50’00”N, 07°20’32.0”W, 30.III -14.IV.2017, Winkler leaf litter, // Aristophanous,A., Aristophanous,M., Geiser,M., Moretto,P., leg., BMNH (E) 2017-93 // NHMUK013307851 // Endustomus nimbaensis Ardoin, 1963 K. Matsumoto det. 2020”, “IVORY COAST, 174m, Taï NP, Taï Research Station (SRET), 05°50’00”N, 07°20’32.0”W, 26.III -17.IV.2017, // General Collecting, Aristophanous,A., Aristophanous,M., Geiser,M., Moretto,P., leg., BMNH (E) 2017-93 // NHMUK013794713 // Endustomus nimbaensis Ardoin, 1963 K. Matsumoto det. 2020” .

Diagnostic characters. This species has similar dorsal habitus as E. baloghi Kaszab, 1969 . E. nimbaensis has no marking on the elytra, pronotal lamina has four short markings on outer margin, and each flange has short marking on the anterior lateral angles and near the apex. E. baloghi has “V” like marking on the elytra, pronotal lamina has four short markings on outer margin, and each flange has two long markings on the posterior half.

Remarks. New country record for Sierra Leone.

Distribution. Côte d’Ivoire [ Ivory Coast], Guinea, Ghana, Togo and Sierra Leone.

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.