Pinachenium abessinum ( Bernhauer, 1915 ) -, 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 : 9-10

Pinachenium abessinum ( Bernhauer, 1915) - comb. nov.

Figs 2 A , 3 A

Pinophilus abessinus BERNHAUER, 1915: 121

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED

Ethiopia: Abess. Errer Kristensen: 1 ♀ holotype ( FMNH) .

NON TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED

Chad: Tinga P.N. de Zakouma Guera, 17/VII/2018, C. Vanderbergh leg: 4 ind. (cStr) ; Salamat, Zakouma village , VII/2014, C. Vanderbergh leg.: 1 ind. (cStr) ; Ethiopia: Jimma road, 90 km from Addis Ababa, VIII/1971, G. de Rougemont: 1 ind. ( RMCA) ; Gondar reg., Metema vill. Env. H = 750 m, 12°55’N – 36°11’E, 4-6/VIII/2017: 1 ind. (cStr) ; Kaffa Jimma , VII/1973, G. de Rougemont: 1 ind. ( NHMUK) ; Gojjam Delare Mafeos , 1971, G. de Rougemont: 1 ind. ( NHMUK) ; Kaffa, 10 km S.E. Jimena, Dedu Road , 1971, 1730 m, R.O.S. Clarck: 1 ind. ( NHMUK) ; Namibia: Bushmanland: Klein Dobe , 19°25’S, 20°21’E, lux, 19-21/II/1992, lg. Uhlig: 1 ind. ( ZMHB) ; Rwanda: Gabiro 1934, R. Verhulst: 1 ♀ ( RMCA) ; Somalia: W, 22-23/ VII/2023, NW of Xoorey , ca. 840m, 10°10’59”N, 43°21’49”E, Dr. Král & D. Sommer lgt.: 1 ind. (cGen) ; South Africa: N, Prov. 20/XI/2004, East of Nylstrom (10km), A. Dorchin leg.: 1 ind. ( ZMHB) ; 2-3/II/1994, 27°36’S, 32°13’E, Natal, Mkuze NP, lux, leg. M. Uhlig: 1 ind. ( ZMHB) ; 30/I-3/II/1995, KwaZulu-Natal, N’Dumu Game Res , 28°55’S- 32°19’E, leg. F. Koch: 1 ind. ( ZMHB) ; South Sudan: Upper Nile, Malakal , 5-20/I/1963, Linnavuori: 2 ind. ( NHMW) ; Sudan: Kharthoum 10/X/1966, P. Štys leg.: 1 ind. (cJan) ; Shambat , 4/X/1966, P. Štys leg.: 1 ind. (cJan) ; Prov. N D El Fasher 730m, ad lucem, 2/IX/1976, leg. H.J. Bremer: 3 ind. ( RBINS) ; Prov. Darfur , El Fasher 730m, ad lucem, 5/IX/1976, leg. H.J. Bremer: 1 ind. ( RBINS) ; Blue Nile, Abu Hashim-Galegu , 23-24/II/1962, Linnavuori: 1 ♀ ( NHMW) ; Tanzania: Morogoro light trap, 10/I/1970, T. Pócs: 1 ♀ ( RBINS) ; 2 miles to Lake Manyara, SE shore, 3150 feet, coll. Dr. J. Szunyoghy, 1-26/VI/1965: 1 ind. ( RBINS) ; Zambia: 29/II/1993, 15°02’35”S / 26°00’09”E, Kafue NP, Chunga Camp, lux, leg. M. Uhlig: 1 ind. ( ZMHB) ; 29/III/1993 v, 15°02’35”S, 26°00’09”E, Kafue NP, Chunga Camp, lux, leg. M. Uhlig: 1 ind. ( ZMHB) ; NW, 27 km N Kasempa , 10/XII/2004, Snižec & Tichý: 1 ind. (cJan) ; Zimbabwe: South Bubi , 10/XII/1996, lgt. P. Macháček: 1 ♂ (cJan) ; South Bubi , 9/XII/1996, lgt. P. Macháček: 1 ind. (cJan) .

COMMENTS

The species represents typical Pinachenium thus the new combination is proposed, with adjustment of the gender according to the gender of the genus. Variable species: micropunctation on the head dense or scattered in the anterior half (scattered in the type specimen). Also the density of macropunctation on the head seems variable. The species seems widespread in eastern Africa.

Figures

Fig. 2. A-F, Head, dorsal view. A, Pinachenium abessinum (Bernhauer, 1915). B, P. insolitum (Fagel, 1963). C-D, P. longicorne (Baudi di Selve, 1848). E, P. nitidum sp. nov. F, P. pseudabessinum (Gridelli, 1928). Scale bar: 1 mm.

Fig. 3. A-K, Aedeagus, ventral view. A, Pinachenium abessinum (Bernhauer, 1915). B, P. insolitum (Fagel, 1963). C, P. longicorne (Baudi di Selve, 1848). D, P. nitidum sp. nov. E, Pinoplanus aegyptius (Erichson, 1840). F-G, P. gastoni sp. nov. H, P. punctatulus (Fauvel, 1905). I, P. spathulatus Assing, 2022. J, P. vanderberghi sp. nov. K, P. vestigium sp. nov. L, punctation pronotum of P. vestigium sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm except for figure L.