Eur. J. Entomol. 98 (4): 511-532, 2001 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2001.066

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

Jens MIDDELHAUVE1, Thomas WAGNER2,*
1 Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
2 Dr. Thomas Wagner, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Institut für Biologie, Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany

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.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Afrocrania, Afrotropis, taxonomy, new species, revision, biogeography.

Received: October 23, 2000; Revised: May 17, 2001; Accepted: July 10, 2001; Published: December 28, 2001  Show citation

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MIDDELHAUVE, J., & WAGNER, T. (2001). Revision of Afrocrania (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) Part I: Species in which the males have head cavities or extended elytral extrusions. EJE, 98(4), 511-532. doi: 10.14411/eje.2001.066
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