Afrus collarti Cameron 1932, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Janák, Jiří
name: Bordoni, Arnaldo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Afrus
Afrus collarti

description: Afrus collarti (Cameron, 1932), comb. nov.
(Figs. 1, 3, 4, 8, 16–21)
Eulissus collarti Cameron, 1932a: 133; Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1317; Herman, 2001: 3626. Eulissus proximalis Tottenham, 1956: 255; Herman, 2001: 3628, syn. nov.
Type locality. Democratic Republic of Congo, Ituri, Blukwa, Nisi.
Type material examined. Eulissus collarti Cameron, 1932. Paratype ♀: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: “Musée du Congo, Ituri: Blukwa:, Nisi 18-XII-1928, A. Collart”, “ Paratype ”, “R. DET., O, 2558”, “ Eulissus, collarti Cam. ” (MRAC).
Eulissus proximalis Tottenham, 1956. Holotype ♀: RWANDA: “Coll. Mus. Congo, Ruanda: Gitarama, 1800 m terr. Nyanza, P. Basilewsky II.1958 ”, “ Holotypus ”, “ Eulissus, proximalis, Tottenham, TYPE ” (MRAC).
Both specimens have the determination label “ Afrus collarti (Cam.), Janák & Bordoni det. 2014”.
Additional material examined. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 1 spec. (not paratype): Nizi, Blukwa, 15.i.1929, A. Collart (IRSNB); 1 spec.: Kisangani, Stanleyville, 4.xii.1929, A. Collart (IRSNB); 3 spec.: Boma-Motenge, 8.i.1948, R. Cremer-M. Neuman (MRAC, JJRC). KENYA: 4 spec.: Shimba For., 17.iii.1970, T. Palm (ZML, JJRC). REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 3 ♂: Brazzaville, Lefinie reservation, Nambouli river, S. Endrödy- Younga, 7–12.i.1964 (HNHM, ABFI). SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 1 spec.: Hluhluwe G. R., 28°01'S- 32°13'E, 1–7.xi.2001, R. Fencl (JJRC).
Redescription. Body length about 10 mm; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 5 mm. Dark reddish brown with black head and slightly lighter elytra; antennae and legs brown; sometimes elytra yellowish on the margins and at the suture (Fig. 1). Head, pronotum and elytra with micro-punctation. Labrum as in Fig. 17. Head and pronotum and related punctation as in Fig. 3, 4, 16. Two postocular punctures situated in markedly elongate fossa. Elytra as long as pronotum, slightly dilated posteriad and there wider than pronotum. Surface with very fine and sparse punctation, arranged in three series, one near suture, one median and one lateral; the first with long setae.
Male. Tergite 10 and sternite 9 of male genital segment as in Figs. 18, 19. Aedeagus (Fig. 20), shortly elongate, 1.1 mm long, characteristic for the short, rounded median lobe; internal sac moderately wide, very short, covered with scales; parameres long.
Differential diagnosis. Afrus collarti differs from A. spegazzinii in the longer impression with postocular setiferous punctures behind the eyes, reddish brown elytra, larger body size and widened median lobe of aedeagus.
Distribution. The species is distributed in Republic of Congo, D. R. Congo, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa (Fig. 8).
Remarks. As this species fits the generic diagnosis of Afrus (see above), the species was transferred from Eulissus to Afrus. The date of collection indicated in the description of Eulissus collarti is Nizi, 19.xii.28 and not Nisi, 18.xii.28, as indicated on the label.
description: Published as part of Janák, Jiří & Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2015, Revision of the genus Thyreocephalus and description of Afrus gen. nov. of Africa south of the Sahara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 4038 (1) on pages 12-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4038.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289876