Thyreocephalus manfredi, Janák, Jiří & Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2015

Janák, Jiří & Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2015, Revision of the genus Thyreocephalus and description of Afrus gen. nov. of Africa south of the Sahara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 4038 (1), pp. 1-94 : 39

Thyreocephalus manfredi sp. nov.

( Figs. 80, 81 , 86 , 87–91 )

Type locality. Botswana, Kasane, Chobe Safari Lodge, Chobe banks, 17° 48' 32'' S, 25° 08' 39'' E.

Type material. Holotype ♂: “ Botswana, Kasane, Chobe Safari, Lodge Chobe banks, 17°48'32''S, 25°08'39''E, M. Uhlig 12–13.III.1993, sievings: grass+reed+leaf litter”, “ Holotypus Thyreocephalus manfredi sp. nov., Janák & Bordoni det. 2015”. ( MFNB). Paratype: 1 ♀: “ Tanzania, Mweka Moshi, Diotz, 1530 m, xi.1967 – iii.1968, Funaioli”, “ Paratypus Thyreocephalus manfredi sp. nov., Janák & Bordoni det. 2015”. ( ABFI).

Description. Body length 15 mm; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 7.5 mm. Reddish brown with elytra lighter, abdomen black, only genital segment reddish ( Fig. 80 ). Shiny. Head and pronotum with micro-punctation. Head and pronotum and related punctation as in Figs. 81 , 87 ; labrum as in Fig. 88 . Elytra shorter and wider than pronotum, slightly dilated posteriad, with rounded humeral angles. Surface with fine punctation, arranged in three series, one near the suture, one median and one lateral. Abdomen with evident transverse micro-striation and deep, rather dense punctation, arranged in more series on each segment.

Male. Temples rather finely and densely punctate. Tergite 10 and sternite 9 of male genital segment as in Figs. 89, 90 . Aedeagus ( Fig. 91 ) ovoid, 1.4 mm long, with long median lobe, asymmetrical parameres and tube-like inner sac, covered with fine spinulae.

Female. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. Thyreocephalus manfredi sp. nov. differs from the similar T. nairobiensis in black abdomen with only genital segment reddish, in different shape of the aedeagus with longer apical lobe and asymmetrical parameres.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to Manfred Uhlig, collector of the holotype.

Distribution. The species is known from Botswana and Tanzania ( Fig. 86 ).

Figures

FIGURE 86. Distribution of species in Thyreocephalus nairobiensis group (● = T. nairobiensis (Fauvel), ■ = T. manfredi sp. nov., ▲ = T. meridioafricanus sp. nov.).

FIGURES 80 – 85. 80, 81, Thyreocephalus manfredi sp. nov.; 82 – 85, T. nairobiensis (Fauvel); 82, 83, male; 84, 85, female; 80, 82, 84, habitus; 81, 83, 85, head and anterior part of pronotum. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURES 87 – 91. Thyreocephalus manfredi sp. nov.; 87, head and pronotum; 88, labrum; 89, male tergite 10; 90, male sternite 9; 91, aedeagus.