Craspedophorus reflexus crampeli ( Alluaud, 1915 ) Alluaud, 1915

Häckel, Martin, 2017, A contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Panagaeinae Hope, 1838 from Africa. Part 2. Revision of the Craspedophorus leprieuri and C. regalis groups (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 4236 (2), pp. 201-243 : 224-225

Craspedophorus reflexus crampeli ( Alluaud, 1915) n. stat.

( Fig. 61 , Plate 9, Figs 65–66)

Eudema eximia crampeli Alluaud, 1915: 153 (type loc. “ Fort-Crampel , sur le haut Chari , dans le Congo français” [= Central African Republic: Nana Grébizi Prefecture: Kaga Bandoro]).

Craspedophorus crampeli Burgeon, 1930b: 159 .

Craspedophorus eximius var. crampeli Burgeon, 1935: 181 .

Craspedophorus arnosti Häckel, 2016: 507 , syn. nov.

Type material. Holotype (♂): “Fort-Crampel / Congo-français [printed in black on white label]// n. sp. / prės imperialis / Kolbe / i. l. / prės eximius Laf. // Crampeli / Type. Alluaud / Alluaud déterm [handwritten in black on white labels]” ( Fig. 61 ; Plate 9, Fig. 65 left, MNHN). 1♂, 2♀: “ W Centr. Africa Rep. of, Nana-Mambéré prov. 60 km SE Bouar , 5 km NE Baoro, 600 m VI-09 lgt . A. Kudrna jr. (HT and PTT of Craspedophorus arnosti Häckel, 2016 )” (Figs 65 right, 66 left, cMH).

Other material examined. Cameroon. Centre. 2♂, 2♀: “ Joko ” ( MRAC, cMH, Plate 9, Fig. 66 right) ; 1♂: “ Yaoundé ” ( MRAC). Central Africa . 1♂: “ Oubangui Chari, Fort Crampel [= Nana-Grébizi Prefecture, Kaga Bandoro ]” ( MRAC) ; 2♀: “ Fort Sibut [= Kémo Prefecture]“ ( MRAC, cMH).

Note. This species is based on a single specimen labeled “Fort-Crampel, sur le haut Chari, dans le Congo français ” (see also Note to C. bouvieri bouvieri Rousseau, 1905 ). C. crampeli was originally ( Alluaud 1915: 153) described as a subspecies of Eudema [= Isotarsus ] eximia (LaFerté-Sénectere, 1851) , name of another species, recently ( Basilewsky 1987: 200) synonymized with C. reflexus (Fabricius, 1781) . Description (in part see Alluaud 1915a: 153). “ A large subspecies that may reach 30 mm, while E. eximia s. str. [= C. reflexus ] reaches hardly 26 mm (statue decribed by La Ferté {loc. cit.}, and those specimens I collected in 1880 in Assinie, Ivory Coast). But its statue is not constant and all examined specimens of this subspecies are recognizable mainly as follows: yellow humeral fascia markedly wider, reaching from II. to VIII. interval (seven intervals), while macular spots are absent on three internal intervals (including sutural) in the type of the species [= C. reflexus ]. Preapical yellow fascia variable, ranging from IV. to VIII. interval, or reduced to 2 elongated macular spots on intervals IV and VI, and, finally, totally absent. Pronotum and elytra shaped and sculptured similarly to in E. eximia [= C. reflexus ]; I do not consider the form of crampeli different on specific level” [from French].

Distribution. Cameroon: Central Province; Central African Republic.

Figures

FIGURE 61. C. reflexus crampeli (Alluaud, 1915), HT (male): a. dorsal habitus; b. antennomere 4, cross section (detail); c. left antenna, antennomeres 5 – 11 (dorsal view, detail); d. antennomere 3, cross section (detail); e. microsculpture of elytral humerus, dorsal view; f. ventrites, ventral view; g. ventrites (detail); h. labels; i. left metepisternum, oblique ventral view; j. left metepisternum outlined in yellow.