Craspedophorus impictus Boheman 1848
Creators: name: Häckel, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Craspedophorus
Craspedophorus impictus

description: Craspedophorus impictus (Boheman, 1848)
Panagaeus impictus Boheman, 1848: 124 (type loc. “Caffraria interior” [=South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West provinces; Zambia, Zimbabwe]). Isotarsus impictus Schaum 1853: 434. Epicosmus impictus Chaudoir 1861: 347. Eudema impictum Harold 1879: 20. Quedenfeldt, 1883: 259, Péringuey 1896: 476. Craspedophorus impictus Chaudoir 1879: 99. Alluaud 1930: 7, Burgeon 1930b: 160, 1935: 182, Basilewsky 1953: 172, Ferreira 1963: 120, Häckel et Farkač 2012: 81.
Craspedophorus aequalitas Thomson, 1856: 481. Harold 1879: 20 syn. nov.
Craspedophorus alloderus Chaudoir in litt.
Craspedophorus ethmoides Alluaud, 1930: 8. Häckel et Farkač 2012: 80. syn. nov.
Type material. 1♂: “Museum Paris / Monts Rouwenzori / versant oriental / zone inférieure 1600 m / Ch. Alluaud 1909 [printed, blue label] // janvier [printed white label] // TYPE [printed, red letters, white on red label]// Craspedophorus / ethmoides / Type [handwritten in black ink] / Alluaud det. 1930 [printed, brown letters, combined with handwritten corrections in black ink]” (HT of C. ethmoides Alluaud, 1930, MNHN).
Other material examined. Angola: Bié. 1♂: “S of Quarenta, 1693 m ” (cPS). Lunda Norte. 3♂, 5♀: “ Dundo ” (MRAC). DR Congo: Kasaï-Occidental. 4♂, 5♀: “ Tschuapa, Lulua ” (MRAC). Katanga. 1♂, 2♀: “ Katanga ” (MRAC); Nord Kivu. 1♂: “Région du Kivu ” (MNHN); 1♂,1♀: “Masisi” (MRAC). Orientale. 2♂, 2♀: “Kibali- Ituri ” (MRAC). Sud-Kivu. 2♂: “ Terr. Fizi ”; 1♂,1♀: “Kadjudju”; 2♂, 3♀: “ Malungu ” (MRAC). Malawi. 1♂: “ Malawi Lake. Nkhotakota ” (cMH). South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal. “ Port Natal [= Durban env.]” (MNHN); 1♂: “ KwaZulu-Natal, 25 km S Pongola, S27°34'; E31°35', 500 m ” (cIB); 1♀: “ KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, Dukud ” (cRK). Mpumalanga. 2♂, 6♀: “ Pilgrim's Forest, Graskop ” (MRAC); 1♂: “ Transvaal. 25 km NE Barberton ” (cMH). Tanzania: Mwanza. 1♂, 1♀: “ Musutunguru I., Ukerewe ” (MRAC). Rukwa. 1♀: “ Mbizi Forest, Sumbawanga, S07°53.692'; E31°40.697', 1236 m ” (BMNH). Zambia. 1♂, 1♀: [Northwestern Province] “ Hillwood, Ikelenge, S11°16'02”; E24°18'59”, 1400 m ”, (BMNH); 1♂: “ Northwestern province. 20 km E Solwezi. ” (cMH); 1♀: [Central Province] “ 240 km SE Mansa. 25 km SE Mukuku ”, (cMH); 1♀: “near Mumbwa ” (cPS); 1♂, 3♀: “N. E. prov. [= Central Province] Kafue N. P. (cDM); 1♂: [Southern Province] “ Kafue NP, Nanzhila Plains, S 16°12.35' E 25°47.40' ” (cPS); 1♂: [Southern Province] “ Bradshaw, Zamboesi [= Livingstone env.]” (MNHN); 1♀: “ Southern Province, 10 km S Mazabuka ” (cIB). Zimbabwe. 1♀: “ Matabeleland North Region. Bulawayo. Shangani Naletale Ruins” (cMH).
Distribution. Angola: Bié, Lunda Norte Province; DR Congo: Kasaï-Occidental, Katanga, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu Provinces; South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga Provinces; Tanzania: Mwanza, Rukwa; Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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 227-228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/321720