Open AccessBembidiina of Afrotropical Region. 2- <em>Odontium</em> subg. <em>Microserrullula</em> Netolitzky, 1921 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiina)
Author(s) -
Paolo Bonavita,
Augusto Vigna Taglianti
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
memorie della società entomologica italiana/memorie della società entomologica italiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-1228
pISSN - 0037-8747
DOI - 10.4081/memoriesei.2020.127
Subject(s) - subgenus , genus , key (lock) , biology , identification key , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , ecology , botany , geography
The afrotropical species of the subgenus Microserrullula netolitzky, 1921, of the genus Odontium LeConte, 1848 are here revised. We redescribe the three-known species, Odontium aegyptiacum (Dejean, 1831), O. icterodes (Alluaud, 1933) and O. pogonopsis (Alluaud, 1933), and describe four new species: Odontium australe n. sp. (Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, South africa); Odontium basilewskyi n. sp. (Democratic Republic of Congo); Odontium okavangum n. sp. (angola, namibia, Zambia); Odontium clarkei n. sp. (Ethiopia). A key for the identification of the african species of the subgenus Microserrullula is presented.