Craspedophorus reflexus subsp. crampeli Alluaud 1915, n. stat.
Creators: name: Häckel, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Craspedophorus
Craspedophorus reflexus
Craspedophorus reflexus crampeli (alluaud, 1915)

description: Craspedophorus reflexus crampeli (Alluaud, 1915) n. stat.
(Fig. 61, Plate 9, Figs 65–66)
Eudema eximia crampeli Alluaud, 1915: 153 (type loc. “ Fort-Crampel, sur le haut Chari, dans le Congo français” [= Central African Republic: Nana Grébizi Prefecture: Kaga Bandoro]).
Craspedophorus crampeli Burgeon, 1930b: 159.
Craspedophorus eximius var. crampeli Burgeon, 1935: 181.
Craspedophorus arnosti Häckel, 2016: 507, syn. nov.
Type material. Holotype (♂): “Fort-Crampel / Congo-français [printed in black on white label]// n. sp. / prės imperialis / Kolbe / i. l. / prės eximius Laf. // Crampeli / Type. Alluaud / Alluaud déterm [handwritten in black on white labels]” (Fig. 61; Plate 9, Fig. 65 left, MNHN). 1♂, 2♀: “ W Centr. Africa Rep. of, Nana-Mambéré prov. 60 km SE Bouar, 5 km NE Baoro, 600 m VI-09 lgt. A. Kudrna jr. (HT and PTT of Craspedophorus arnosti Häckel, 2016)” (Figs 65 right, 66 left, cMH).
Other material examined. Cameroon. Centre. 2♂, 2♀: “ Joko ” (MRAC, cMH, Plate 9, Fig. 66 right); 1♂: “ Yaoundé ” (MRAC). Central Africa. 1♂: “ Oubangui Chari, Fort Crampel [= Nana-Grébizi Prefecture, Kaga Bandoro]” (MRAC); 2♀: “ Fort Sibut [= Kémo Prefecture]“ (MRAC, cMH).
Note. This species is based on a single specimen labeled “Fort-Crampel, sur le haut Chari, dans le Congo français ” (see also Note to C. bouvieri bouvieri Rousseau, 1905). C. crampeli was originally (Alluaud 1915: 153) described as a subspecies of Eudema [= Isotarsus] eximia (LaFerté-Sénectere, 1851), name of another species, recently (Basilewsky 1987: 200) synonymized with C. reflexus (Fabricius, 1781). Description (in part see Alluaud 1915a: 153). “ A large subspecies that may reach 30 mm, while E. eximia s. str. [= C. reflexus] reaches hardly 26 mm (statue decribed by La Ferté {loc. cit.}, and those specimens I collected in 1880 in Assinie, Ivory Coast). But its statue is not constant and all examined specimens of this subspecies are recognizable mainly as follows: yellow humeral fascia markedly wider, reaching from II. to VIII. interval (seven intervals), while macular spots are absent on three internal intervals (including sutural) in the type of the species [= C. reflexus]. Preapical yellow fascia variable, ranging from IV. to VIII. interval, or reduced to 2 elongated macular spots on intervals IV and VI, and, finally, totally absent. Pronotum and elytra shaped and sculptured similarly to in E. eximia [= C. reflexus]; I do not consider the form of crampeli different on specific level” [from French].
Distribution. Cameroon: Central Province; Central African Republic.
description: Published as part of Häckel, Martin, 2017, A contribution to the knowledge of the subfamily Panagaeinae Hope, 1838 from Africa. Part 2. Revision of the Craspedophorus leprieuri and C. regalis groups (Coleoptera: Carabidae), pp. 201-243 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on pages 224-225, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/321720