Pinocolis mabweensis ( 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 : 36

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

Figs 7 B , 13 C-D

Pinophilus mabweensis FAGEL, 1963: 202

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED

Congo-Kinshasa: P.N.U. Mabwe (Lac Upemba ), 585m, 1-8/IX/1947, Mis. G.F. de Witte: holotype ♂ ( RMCA) ; P.N.U. Mabwe (Lac Upemba ), 585m, 1-12/VIII/1947, Mis. G.F. de Witte: paratype ♂ ( RMCA) , P.N.U. Mabwe (Lac Upemba ), 585m, 19-21/VIII/1947, Mis. G.F. de Witte: paratype ♀ ( RMCA) , Terr. Uvira , 825 m, 3/X/1951, N. Leleup, riv. Kalimabengé: 1 ♂ paratype ( RMCA) ; P.N.U. Mabwe lac Upemba , 585 m, 1-12/VIII/1947, Mis. G.F. de Witte: 2 ♂♂ paratype ( RBINS) ; P.N.U. Mabwe lac Upemba , 585 m, 19-21/VIII/1947, Mis. G.F. de Witte: 1 ♀ paratype ( RBINS) .

COMMENTS

I have seen females from Namibia and Botswana, but males are needed to confirm it is the same species.

Figures

Fig. 7. A-F, Head, dorsal view. A, Pinocolis levasseuri sp. nov. B, P. mabweensis (Fagel, 1963). C, P. okavangensis sp. nov. D, P. sebestyani sp. nov. E, P. spelaeus (Lecoq, 1986). F, P. tanzaniensis sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Fig. 13. A-L, aedeagus, ventral and lateral view. A-B, P. hulstaerti sp. nov. C-D, P. mabweensis (Fagel, 1963). E-F, P. okavangensis sp. nov. G-H, P. sebestyani sp. nov. I-J, P. spelaeus (Lecoq, 1986). K-L, P. tanzaniensis sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm except for figures I-J: 2 mm.