Two new Lebistina Motschulsky, 1864 species from Kenya and Tanzania (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)

By

Assmann, Thorsten
Boutaud, Estève
Drees, Claudia
Marcus, Tamar
Nolte, Dorothea
Starke, Werner
Terlutter, Heinrich
Völler, Eva
Zumstein, Pascale

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-2-21

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

58

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

9--21

Subjects

ectoparasites , Kenya , Lebistina , Matabele , new species , Tanzania

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.58.11456

 

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Lebistina Motschulsky, 1864 are described: Lebistina rehagei Assmann, Starke & Terlutter, sp. n., type locality: Kenya: north of Ngomeni. Members of this macropterous species are distinguished from all other known species of the genus by their elytral coloration pattern, large body length, shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus, and shape of the mentum with one tooth showing two small tips. Lebistina petersae Assmann, Drees & Zumstein, sp. n., type locality: Kenya, Tsavo East National Park. Members of this macropterous species differ from all other Lebistina species by their elytral coloration, short body length, shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus, and shape of the mentum with its sinuosity and two blunt teeth. We provide photographs and discuss the characters, including the shape of the mentum which deviates from the classical delineation of the genus Lebistina.