Alphitobius lamottei Ardoin, 1963

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Grimm, Roland, 2014, The genus Alphitobius Stephens (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alphitobiini) in Africa and adjacent islands, ZooKeys 415, pp. 169-190 : 178-179

Alphitobius lamottei Ardoin, 1963 Fig. 2

New material.

Ivory Coast, Bingerville, V.1962, leg. J. Decelle, 1 ex. NHMB. - Guinea, Gbakoré, XII.1983, leg. C. Girard, 2 ex. TMSA (det. Bremer). - Guinea, Mt. Nimba, Keoulenta, 12.I.1984, leg. C. Girard & M. Lamotte, 1 ex. TMSA (det. Bremer). - The Gambia, Kabafita Forest Park, 19.VII.2000, leg. R. Grimm, 1 ex. CRG. - Central African Republic, 35 km E Ndele, 450 m, 18.V.2009, leg. J. Halada, 1 ex. SMNS.

Type locality.

"Mt. Nimba".

Distribution.

Guinea (type locality); Senegal ( Ardoin 1963a); Ivory Coast ( Ardoin 1969, Bremer and Girard 1996); The Gambia ( Grimm 2002); Central African Republic (new record).