Diaclina cameruna Gebien, 1921

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2019, The species of the genus Diaclina Jacquelin du Val (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alphitobiini) from Sub-Saharan Africa, Zootaxa 4609 (3), pp. 499-508 : 501

Diaclina cameruna Gebien, 1921

( Figs. 7 , 14)

Examined type specimens: Cameroon, Mt. Cameroon, Buea , 800–1200 m, VI.–VII.1902, leg. L. Fea, 1 syntype NHMB, designated herewith as lectotype .

Additional specimens: Cameroon, N‘Kongsamba , V.–VII.1957, leg. J. Cantaloube, 3 ex. HNHM , 3 ex. TMSA.— Cameroon, South West Province , Mt . Cameroon, Buea , 1800 m, 28.II.–3.III.2008, leg. M. Řiha, 1 ex. SMNS .—E Gabon, Ogooué-Ivindo Prov., SW Makokou, Ivindo NP, 480–540 m, 15.–19.VI.2016, leg. D. Telnov, 3 ex. CDT , 1 ex. SMNS.— Congo (labelled as Congo Belge), Beni Forest , IX.1947, leg. A. F. J. Gedye, 1 ex. TMSA (det. Koch) .— Congo, Kindamba, Méya near Adam Cave , 7.XI.1963, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 1 ex. HNHM .—W Kenya, Kagamega Forest , 1500–1600 m, I.–IV.2006, local collector, 1 ex. SMNS .— Zambia, Ikengele, Nchila NR, 6.XI.2002, leg. F. Wachtel, 1 ex. CRG .

Distribution: Cameroon (type locality); Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Zambia.

Figures

FIGURES 7–10. Dorsal view of African species of Diaclina. 7 D. cameruna, non-type Kenya SMNS. 8 D. parallela, non-type South Africa SMNS. 9 Diaclina sp. ♀, Kenya TMSA. 10 D. grandis sp. nov., holotype SMNS. Scale: 1 mm.