Review of the genera Anelaphinis Kolbe, 1892 and Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1898 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae).

ABSTRACT: New material collected recently throughout the Afrotropical region has led to a major reassessment of taxa within the genera Anelaphinis Kolbe, 1892, Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1898 and other closely related genera. As a result, the name Megalleucosma Antoine, 1989 is here synonymised with Anelaphinis and a lectotype is designated for the type species, Cetoniadominula Harold, 1879. The genus Atrichelaphinis is redefined and a new subgenus, Atrichelaphinis (Eugeaphinis), is proposed for Elaphinissimillima Ancey, 1883, Elaphinisvermiculata Fairmaire, 1894, Niphetophorarhodesiana Péringuey, 1907, Atrichelaphinisdeplanata Moser, 1907 (with Anelaphiniskwangensis Burgeon, 1931 as junior synonym) and Anelaphinissternalis Moser, 1914. Additionally, three new species and one new subspecies are recognised and described in this new subgenus: Atrichelaphinis (Eugeaphinis) bomboesbergicasp. n. from South Africa; Atrichelaphinis (Eugeaphinis) bjornstadisp. n. from Tanzania; Atrichelaphinis (Eugeaphinis) garnierisp. n. from south-east Africa (Tanzania, Zimbabwe); and Atrichelaphinis (Eugeaphinis) deplanataminettiissp. n. from central Africa (Malawi, Mozambique, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, South Africa, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe). The genus Atrichelaphinis is compared to its closest relatives and two separate keys are proposed, one for Atrichelaphinis and one for the sub-Saharan genera exhibiting completely or partially fused parameres.

SUBMITTER: Rojkoff S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4337222 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature