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Issue: Vol. 2292 No. 1: 18 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2292.1.1
Page range: 1–14
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Discovery of Antireicheia in Cameroon with description of four new species and discussion on phylogeny and distribution of endogean Reicheiina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae: Clivinini)

Entomology Research Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian National Collection of Insects, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
Milánská 461, CZ–109 00 Praha 111, Czech Republic
via Gianfilippo Braccini 7, I–50141 Firenze, Italy
Coleoptera Carabidae Reicheiina Antireicheia taxonomy new species key Cameroon Mt. Oku Mt. Bamboutos Nguemba forest

Abstract

The endogean carabid genus Antireicheia Basilewsky, 1951, previously know from the eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar is, for the first time, reported west of the Congo basin. Four new species are described and illustrated: A. demirei sp. nov. (Cameroon: Mt. Oku), A. hintelmanni sp. nov. (Cameroon: Mt. Oku), A. deuvei sp. nov. (Cameroon: Mt. Bamboutos) and A. camerounensis sp. nov. (Cameroon: Bafut, Nguemba forest). A key to Cameroonian Antireicheia species is provided. The composition of the subtribe Reicheiina, its monophyly, world distribution, as well as zoogeographical implications of its discovery in Western Africa, are discussed.

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