Pinocolis frater ( Bernhauer, 1937 ) -, 2024

Struyve, Tim, 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical Pinophilina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) Part 1: genera, Pinachenium, Pinoplanus, Pinobelus and Pinocolis, Belgian Journal of Entomology 152, pp. 1-75 : 46

Pinocolis frater ( Bernhauer, 1937) - comb. nov.

Figs 9 E , 16 C-D

Pinophilus frater BERNHAUER, 1937: 587

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED

Tanzania: Narobi b. Tanga, O. Afr. V/1915, leg. Methner: 1 ♀ holotype ( FMNH) .

NON TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED

Tanzania: Tanga Muheza Dist. Kwamgumi For. Res. 1°57’S, 38°44’, 170-220m UV, 29/X/1995: 1 ♂ ( RBINS) ; c. or. 350 m, 6°25.4’N, 37°30.4’E, 60 km N of Morogoro, leg. F. Kantner, 13/I/2007: 1 ♂ ( SMNS) ; nord-ost, district Tanga, Usambara mt. Korogwe umg. 300 m, leg. A Puchner, 13/IV/2004: 1 ♀ ( NHMW)

REDESCRIPTION

13 mm, length of the forebody 6 mm. Coloration: body black with margin of tergite VIII reddish, abdomen iridescent. Legs, palps, antennae and abdominal segment IX orange. Head with dense macropunctation on the posterior part, partly confluent, in the middle with more micropunctation. The smoother V-shaped line on the head large, almost touching the back of the head, anterior to this with only few big punctures, and sparse small punctures. Head with no microsculpture. Labrum with a small shallow median circular excision. Mandibles each with a rather short and apically weakly bifid median tooth. Pronotum with slightly rounded sides, about 2 mm wide and 2 mm long, macropunctation dense with some scattered micropunctation and without microsculpture, near the posterior part with a longitudinal fissure. Elytra about 2.15 mm wide and 2.45 mm long, punctation dense, without microsculpture. Wings well developed. Abdomen with microsculpture. Posterior margin of sternite VIII truncate, only slightly rounded in males.

Aedeagus about 3.25 mm. Parameres only near the base near each other, near the base in ventral view with a strong inwards hook, tip rather pointed. Dorsal side of the median lobe only slightly curved. Tip of the median lobe flat and triangular. Keels before the tip sharp, Y shaped with one branches towards the tip and one connected with the lateral margin, keel towards the base with an angle, lateral part of the median lobe near the keels a well recognizable ridge. Basal protrusion strongly directed towards the base.

COMMENTS

FAGEL (1963) misinterpreted P. frater . All the specimens identified by Fagel as this species, I could confirm as P. lividipes , except the type of P. frater , so also those country records could be erased. His description is based on P. lividipes so I have made a redescription of P. frater .

Figures

Fig. 9. A-F, Head, dorsal view. A, Pinocolis attenboroughi sp. nov. B, P. capensis (Erichson, 1840). C, P. curticeps (Bernhauer, 1937). D, P. dollmani (Fagel, 1963). E, P. frater (Bernhauer, 1937). F, P. ivoriensis sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Fig. 16. A-J, aedeagus, ventral and lateral view. A-B, Pinocolis dollmani (Fagel, 1963). C-D, P. frater (Bernhauer, 1937). E-F, P. ivoriensis sp. nov. G-H, P. janaki sp. nov. I-J, P. krelli sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm.