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GENRE DICRONORHINA Hope COMPOSITION DE L'OUVRAGE Ce volume traitera les derniers genres des Mecynorrhinina d'après SCHENKLING. Mecynorhina- Chelorrhina-Stephanocrates- Compsocephalus-Brachymitra-DieronorhinaAsthenorhina. Je m'efforcerai de représenter le plus possible de variations chromatiques si recherchées par les collectionneurs. Ces variations peuvent être classées en - formes rufino à reflets rouges - formes cyano à reflets bleus - formes flavino à reflets jaunes - formes chlorino à reflets verts - formes mélanisantes, noires - formes albino blanche; ou apigmentées. J'aborderai ensuite la sous-tribu des Stephanorrhinina avec les genres : Stephanorrhina -A,phelorhina - Genyodonta - Inhambane J'espère traiter dans le volume Goliathini IV la fin des Goliathini africains d'après KRIKKEN, soit : les Stephanorrhinina (suite) : Melinesthes - Plaesiorrhina - Pedinorrhitia - Dyspilophora - Smaragdesthes - Spelaiorrhina - Scythropesthes - Ptychodesthes - Taeniesthes - Raceloma - Chondrorrhina les Tmesorrhinina avec les genres Tmesorrhina et Eccoptocnemis. les Ischnestomina : Hypselogenia - Rhyxiphloea - Rhinocoeta - Haematonotus -Ischnestoma - Heteroclita Pour le plan de l'ouvrage se reporter au volume précédent. ________ page 11 GENRE MECYNORHINA Hope A: Hope, 1837, The Coleopterists Manual, 1, p. 60 D: Armature céphalique mâle en forme d'épée. Protibia mâle fortement élargi et découpé. Téguments veloutés tomenteux. T: Mâle de 50 à 85 mm, femelle de 45 à 60 mm. Mecynorhina oberthuri Fairmaire A: Fairmaire, 1903, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., p. 261 D: Epée clypéale courte et aplatie avec les dents basales parallèles. Dent apicale du protibia mâle arquée et très aiguë. Thorax avec bandes brunes complètes comme chez les Goliathus. Elytres ocre rouge uni chez les petits exemplaires. Les grands exemplaires portent des bandes transversales ondulées comme chez le Goliathus albosignatus. R: Seulement quelques exemplaires connus. T: Mâle 47 à 66 mm, femelle 48 mm. L. Ukami, monts Uluguru, Tanzanie. Une femelle capturée aux monts Teita du Kenya existe au musée de Nairobi. P: Planche 1, fig. 1, 2, 4 & 5 : série typique de la Collection Oberthür (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris) ; fig. 3 : spécimen appartenant au British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Mecynorhina torquata Drury A: Drury, 1782, Illustrations of Natural History, 3, p. 60 S: collaris Schönherr, 1817, Synonymia Insectorum, 1, p. 117 D: Epée clypéale forte, denticulée et légèrement recourbée vers le haut. Dents basales triangulaires à sommets divergents. Bandes thoraciques complètes, incomplètes ou absentes. Elytres verts unis ou tachetés de blanc. V: M. torquata torquata Drury (l.c.) (Pl. 2, fig. 2 & 4) Elytres et pronotum avec marge blanche complète. On observe habituellement des bandes blanches incomplètes au pronotum et quelques taches blanches longitudinales aux élytres. C'est la forme occidentale assez commune en Côte d'Ivoire et au Ghana. T: 75 mm M. torquata immaculicollis Kraatz (1890, Dt. ent. Z., p. 267) (Pl. 2, fig. 3 & 5) Le pronotum régulièrement bordé de blanc ne présente plus qu'une amorce de bande discale. Les élytres ont une bordure blanche incomplète ou. absente (f. immarginipennis Kraatz) (1 c., p. 268) ou réduite aux taches apicales (f. apicipennis Kraatz) (L c., p. 269), sans trace de marques blanches discales. C'est la forme centrale habituelle, commune mais localisée au Congo, Gabon, Cameroun, Centrafrique et Zaïre centro-occidental. M. torquata poggei Kraatz (1890, l.c., p. 268) (Pl. 2 fig. 1 & 6) Le thorax est toujours complètement ligné, la bordure blanche thoraco-élytrale est toujours complète et les marques blanches discales sont fréquentes. Les grands mâles de 85 mm ne sont pas rares. C'est la forme du Shaba (ex-Katanga) au Sud-Zaïre. _________ page 12 Mecynorhina ugandensis Moser A: Moser, 1907, Annls Soc. ent. Belg., 5 1, p. 313 S: machulkai Tesar, 1935, Sb. ent. Odd. nàr. Mus. Praze, XIII, 116, p. 101 D: Cette espèce orientale se distingue essentiellement par la coloration brun-rouge des pattes intermédiaires et postérieures. La variabilité de la coloration et des marques blanches est infinie et caractéristique de l'espèce. R: localisé T: mâle 50 à 85 mm L: Forêts de l'Ituri au Zaïre oriental et région avoisinante de l'Uganda. V: Tesar, en 1935, a nommé plusieurs formes individuelles - Les formes unicolores peuvent être : - vert sombre sans trace de brun : machulkai (Pl. 3, fig. 3). Dans ce cas, seules les pattes rouges permettent de le séparer du torquata. - vert olive avec parfois des traces de brun aux élytres : olivacea (Pl. 4, fig. 1 ; pl. 3, fig. 5). - brun-rouge avec des bandes élytrales blanches parfois élargies et l'écusson brun: schwarzenbergi, et en plus deux taches noires antéro-externes au pronotum ligne et l'écusson vert foncé: maculithorax (Pl. 6, fig. 5 ; pl. 5, fig. 6), ou sans bandes élytrales et l'écusson brun: purkynei (Pl. 16, fig. 1), et en plus deux taches noires antéro-extemes au pronotum à petites lignes blanches raccourcies et l'écusson vert foncé : nickerli (Pl. 6, fig. 2) bleues, pourpres ou noires (fi. cyano ou mélaniques) - Les formes bicolores à élytres rouges sont les suivantes Pronotum, écusson et suture noirs ou bleu indigo, bandes marginales élytrales incomplètes obenbergeri (Pl. 5, fig. 3 & 5 ; pl. 6, fig. 4) - Pronotum vert uni et bandes élytrales : kuntzeni (Pl. 4, fig. 3) - Le même sans bandes élytrales : simplex (Pl. 4, fig. 2) - Pronotum avec deux macules brunes prolongeant les lignes blanches discales. Pas de bandes élytrales : transiens. - Pronotum vert, bleu ou noir à grandes macules brunes envahissant parfois le disque mais laissant subsister un liséré foncé : knirschi (Pl. 6, fig. 3 pl. 5, fig. 4). __________ page 13 GENRE CHELORRHINA Burmeister A: Burmeister, 1842, Handb. Ent., 3, p. 185 S: Mecynorhina Westwood, 1841, Arcana Entomologica, 1, p. 169 D: Grandes cétoines tachetées avec corne clypéale fourchue. Chelorrhina polyphemus F. A: Fabricius, 1781, Species Insectorum, 1, p. 14 D: Corne clypéale recourbée vers le haut avec les branches de la fourche convergentes et les dents basales longues et convergentes. Coloration verte concolore. Bordure blanche entière au pronotum et sous forme de taches blanches rondes isolées aux élytres. Chez les deux sexes le pronotum est orne de trois lignes blanches discales dont la médiane est incomplète. Les élytres ont deux rangées de taches blanches arrondies ou étirées transversalement. R- Commun T: mâle 70 mm, femelle 50 mm L: La forme typique est occidentale : Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana. V: C. polyphemus confluens Kraatz (1890, Dt. ent. Z., p. 269) (Pl. 8, fig. 1, 2 & 4) Diflêre de la forme nominale par la disposition des taches marginales élytrales plus ou moins confluentes, les taches discales plus irrégulières, netteinent agrandies vers l'apex. Chez la femelle la ligne médiane du pronotum manque complètement. Cette forme centrale est très commune et répandue depuis le Gabonjusqu'en Uganda. Dimensions du mâle 45 à 80 mm et de la femelle 55 mm. On observe des formes « rufino » (Pl. 8, fig. 3) et des formes avec les taches discales élytrales réduites ou absentes (Pl. 8, fig. 5 & 6). Chelorrhina savagei Harris (Pl. 7, fig. 1 à 4) A: Harris, 1844, Boston J. nat. Hist., 4, p. 403 D: Come clypéale presque horizontale avec branches de la fourche divergentes, dents basales moins longues et convergentes. Bicolore avec le pronotum vert sombre et le fond des élytres noir. Taches et lignes jaune vif sur les spécimens frais, tournant à l'orange en collection. Bordure jaune entière au pronotum et sous forme de*taches plus ou moins confluentes aux élytres. Pronotum avec trois larges lignes jaunes complètes. Elytres avec une ligne suturale et deux lignes discales plus ou moins morcelées en taches allongées. R: Moins commun T: mâle 35 à 75 mm, femelle 45 mm L: Répandu depuis la Côte d'Ivoire jusqu'au Zaïre oriental. V: La ligne suturale et la ligne discale proximale peuvent confluer plus ou moins. __________ page 14 Chelorrhina kraatzi Moser (Pl. 9, fig. 1 à 5) A: Moser, 1905, Annls Soc. ent. Belg., 49, p. 210 D: Differe du C savagei par la come clypéale beaucoup plus mince et légèrement relevée à l'extrémité avec les branches de la fourche courtes et divergentes, les dents basales courtes, droites et divergentes. Dents internes du protibia mâle plus petites. Fond de la coloration violet sombre. Pronotum avec une seule bande jaune médiane. Elytres avec la bande suturale et deux bandes discales entières et parfois confluentes, une tache apicale et quatre grosses taches marginales. R-- Très rare. Quelques exemplaires ont été récemment récoltés. T: Mâle 60 mm, femelle 45 mm. L: Région de Douala, et Buéa au Mont Cameroun. __________ page 15 GENRE COMPSOCEPHALUS White A: White, 1845, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 15, p. 39 D: Pronotum fortement bombé à bord antérieur bisinué avec double concavité. Saillie mésostemale allongée. Protibia mâle découpé comme chez les Mecynorhina. Métatibia mâle unidenté. Compsocephalus dmitriewi Olsufiew (Pl. 10, fig. 7 à 9) A: Olsufiew, 1902, Horae Soc. ent. ross., 35, p. 603 D: Vert velouté concolore avec quatre taches noires huméro-apicales. Pronotum marqué d'un dessin noir-violet bilobé sur la moitié antérieure. Corne clypéale largement fourchue à branches courbes échancrées au sommet. Un petit tubercule frontal. Tibias verts ou bronzés. R: Localisé T: mâle 30 à 45 mm L: Ethiopie, région de Addis-Abeba, Arba Minch, Gore. Compsocephalus kachowskii Olsufiew (Pl. 10, fig. 4 à 6) A: Olsufiew, 1902, Horae Soc. ent. ross., 35, p. 606 S: adustus Bourgoin, 1912, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., p. 114 D: Pronotum vert olive, moins bombé. Corne clypéale semblable au précédent. Corne frontale bifurquée. Elytres marron velouté avec une mince ligne suturale verte. Tibias bruns à extrémité tachetée de vert. R Rare T: mâle 30 à 40 mm L: Ethiopie : Harrar Compsocephalus horsfieldianus White (Pl. 10, fig. 1 à 3) A: White, 1845, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 15, p. 39 S: galinieri Reiche, 1845, Novit. Zool., p. 119 D: Pronotum bombé noir velouté. Scutellum noir. Elytres brun-rouge avec suture, bord antérieur et marge noirs.
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