A synopsis of the genus Cypholoba Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anthiini) known to occur in the Republic of South Africa

By

Mawdsley, Jonathan
Erwin, Terry Lee 1940-2020
Sithole, Hendrik
Mawdsley, Alice

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

181

Pages

23-43

Subjects

Conservation , Distribution , identification key , savanna and woodland ecosystems

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.181.2984

 

Abstract

Nearly one third of the described species of Cypholoba Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are known to inhabit the Republic of South Africa. A key and diagnostic notes are provided for their identification, as well as notes about way of life for some of the species based on observations in the Kruger National Park. Fifteen species and subspecies of the genus are recorded from the Republic of South Africa; adult specimens of each species and subspecies are illustrated and information about the distribution of each species in the Republic of South Africa is summarized and mapped: C. alstoni (Péringuey), C. alveolata (Brême), C. amatonga Péringuey, C. fritschi (Chaudoir), C. gracilis gracilis (Dejean), C. gracilis scrobiculata (Bertoloni), C. gracilis zuluana Basilewsky, C. graphipteroides graphipteroides (Guérin-Méneville), C. leucospilota semilaevis (Chaudoir), C. macilenta (Olivier), C. notata (Perroud), C. oberthueri seruana Strohmeyer, C. opulenta (Boheman), C. rutata (Péringuey), and C. tenuicollis aenigma (Dohrn).