Axiocerylon decemcostatum Besuchet and Ślipiński, 1988

Matsumoto, Keita, 2021, New Records for Axiocerylon Grouvelle (Coleoptera: Cerylonidae) Species, The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 266-269 : 266

Axiocerylon decemcostatum Besuchet and Ślipiński, 1988

( Figs. 4 , 8‒10 ). This species is known from Sierra Leone and Côte d’ Ivoire. Two specimens were collected, with the following locality data: “ IVORY COAST, 39‒48m, Abidjan, Banco Forest ( Parc National du Banco ), 05°23 ′ 03.8 ′′ N, 04°03 ′ 11.2 ′′ W, 21.IV.‒1.V.2017, // General Collecting, Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P., leg., BMNH(E) 2017‒93 //NHMUK013799852” and “ IVORY COAST, 174m, Ta ¨ı NP, Ta ¨ı 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 // NHMUK013307852”.

Figures

Figs. 1‒4. Dorsal habitus of Axiocerylon species. 1) A. kaszabi [NHMUK014383835]; 2) A. setulosum [NHMUK013306759]; 3) A. loebli [NHMUK013798533]; 4) A. decemcostatum [NHMUK013799852]. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Figs. 5‒8. Ventral habitus of Axiocerylon species. 5) A. kaszabi [NHMUK014383835]; 6) A. setulosum [NHMUK013306759]; 7) A. loebli [NHMUK013798533]; 8) A. decemcostatum [NHMUK013799852]. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Figs. 9‒10. Male genitalia of Axiocerylon decemcostatum [NHMUK013799852]. 9) Lateral view; 10) Ventral view. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.