Pinocolis freyi ( Fagel, 1963 ) -, 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 : 33-34

Pinocolis freyi ( Fagel, 1963) - comb. nov.

Figs 6 C , 12 E-F

Pinophilus freyi FAGEL, 1963: 200

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED

Guinea: Region Kindia , Mt. Gangan 750 m, 3/V/51, exp. Mus. G. Frey Franz. Guinea 1951, W. Afr. leg. Bechyne, 1 syntype ( MNHW) ;.

NON TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED

Cameroon: Nkolbisson , 24/II/68: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; Ekona , 16/VIII/1967, B. de Mire rec.: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; Congo-Kinshasa : P.N.G. Miss. H. De Saeger, 6/VI/1951, Réc. H. De Saeger: 1 ind. ( RMCA) ; Gabon: Mouilla G. Le Testu: 1 ind. ( RMCA) ; Ghana: Ashanti region Kwadaso , 320 m, N 6°42’ - W 1°39’ 11/III/1969, mixed light, dr. S. Endródy - Younga: 2 ind. (cStr, RBINS) ; Northern region Demongo, Mole game res. 220 m, N 9°04’ - W 1°48’ Dr. S. Endródy - Younga licht trap 12/XI/1970: 2 ind. ( RBINS) ; Guinea: Region Kindia, Mt. Gangan 600 m, 18/V/51, exp. Mus. G. Frey Franz. Guinea 1951, W. Afr. leg. Bechyne, syntypus: 1 ind. ( MNHW) ; Ditinn , X/1944, P. Clement: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; Makokou : 10/IX/63, H. Coiffait: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; IFAN, Nimba , Lamotte et Roy, VII-XII/1951: 1 ♂ ( RBINS) ; Nimba, M. Lamotte, II-IV/1848: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; Ivory Coast: Bingerville , IX/1963, J. Decelle: 1 ind. ( RMCA) ; Bingerville , IV/1964, J. Decelle: 1 ind. ( RMCA) ; Bingerville , III/1964, J. Decelle: 1 ind. ( RMCA) ; Bingerville , 1-12/III/1962, J. Decelle: 1 ind. ( RMCA) ; Bingerville , II/1964, J. Decelle: 1 ind. ( RMCA) ; Bingerville, X/1962, J. Decelle: 1 ind. (cStr); Lamto ( Toumodi ), 13/XII/1953: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; Lamto ( Toumodi ), 13/X/1962: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; Lamto ( Toumodi ), 29/V/1962: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; Lamto ( Toumodi ), 27/XI/1962: 1 ind. ( MNHN) ; Adiop , light trap, II-III/1972, P. Segeren leg.: 2 ind. ( RMNH) ; Nigeria: Ibadan 21/V/1957 J.L. Gregory: 2 ind. ( RBINS) ; Rep. Central Africa: Mboma , 17/III/1968, UV, Savanne Pteocchi: 2 ind. ( MNHN) .

COMMENTS

In the revision of FAGEL (1963), this species was indicated as P. freyi Scheerpeltz in litteris. So Fagel was the first one describing the species and became the author. As he didn’t declare a holotype the paratype he mentions should be considered a syntype.

Figures

Fig. 6. A-F, Head, dorsal view. A, Pinocolis collarti (Cameron, 1939). B, P. desaegeri (Fagel, 1963). C, P. freyi (Fagel, 1963). D, P. garambanus (Fagel, 1963) paratype. E, P. garambanus (Fagel, 1963) from Angola. F, P. hulstaerti sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Fig. 12. A-J, aedeagus, ventral and lateral view. A-B, Pinocolis collarti (Cameron, 1939). C-D, P. desaegeri (Fagel, 1963). E-F, P. freyi (Fagel, 1963). G-H, P. garambanus (Fagel, 1963). I-J, Pinocolis levasseuri sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm except for figures A-B: 2 mm.