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1. Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). 1. Species in which the males have head cavities or extended elytral extrusions

Creator:
Middelhauve , Jens and Wagner , Thomas
Type:
article, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Afrocrania, Afrotropis, taxonomy, new species, revision, and biogeography
Language:
English
Description:
Material of Afrotropical Afrocrania Hincks, 1949 (= Pseudocrania Weise, 1892, not Pseudocrania M'Coy, 1851) is revised, and a redescription of the genus is given. This publication is on Afrocrania species in which males have head cavities or extended elytral extrusions. Species without those sexual dimorphic organs will be revised in a subsequent paper. Material of Pseudocrania latifrons Weise, 1892, Pseudocrania foveolata (Karsch, 1882) (= Monolepta africana Jacoby, 1894, = Pseudocrania nigricornis Weise, 1895), and Pseudocrania assimilis Weise, 1903 was examined; Pseudocrania basalis Jacoby, 1907 is excluded from Afrocrania; Afrocrania kaethae sp. n., A. luciae sp. n., A. kakamegaensis sp. n., A. longicornis sp. n., and A. ubatubae sp. n. are newly described species.
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2. Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) Part II: species in which the males lack head cavities or extended elytral extrusions

Creator:
Wagner, Thomas
Type:
article, model:article, and TEXT
Subject:
Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Afrocrania, Afrotropical region, taxonomy, new species, new combination, revision, lectotype, and key
Language:
English
Description:
In this second part of the revision of Afrotropical Afrocrania Hincks, 1949 (= Pseudocrania Weise, 1892, not Pseudocrania MCoy, 1851), a group of Galerucinae restricted to Africa, additional material is revised. Herein, species in which the males lack deep head cavities, partly horned antennomeres, or extended elytral extrusions, but usually have small post-scutellar extrusions or depressions, are considered. Material of Afrocrania pauli (Weise, 1903), comb. n. (= Candezea pauli Weise, 1903), and A. famularis (Weise, 1904), comb. n. (= Monolepta famularis Weise, 1904; = Candezea atripennis Laboissière, 1931, syn. n.) is studied. Lectotypes are designated for A. pauli, A. famularis and C. atripennis. Six new species, A. aequatoriana sp. n., A. minima sp. n., A. nigra sp. n., A. occidentalis sp. n., A. pallida sp. n. and A. weisei sp. n. are described. Distribution patterns are mapped. Together with the already revised species there are 16 valid Afrocrania species are hitherto known. Its phylogenetic position within the Galerucinae is discussed, identification keys to males and females for all known taxa are presented.
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