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Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) downesii savagei
Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) downesii ssp. savagei (HOPE, 1842).
Lucanus savagei HOPE, 1842.
Lucanus ungulatus HOPE, 1842:494 [Cape Palmas].
Prosopocoilus savagei ab. surtur KRIESCHE, 1920:161 [Cameroon : Buea, Barombi, Lomie, Bangwe-Land, Banyang-Land, Victoria, Moliwe bei Victoria, Nssanakang, Bibundi, Akonolingo-Abong Mbang, Lolodorf, Ossidinge] (could be a ssp. from Cameroon-Zaire).
Prosopocoilus savagei ab. metaxylimnus KRIESCHE, 1920:161 [Victoria Lake : Ukerewe I.].
Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) downesii ssp. savagei (HOPE); Maes, 1998:280.
Senegal
Guinea : Mt. Nimba : Kéoulenta, 7°43 N - 8°20 W
Sierra Leone : N. Prov. : Bumbuna
Liberia : Cape Palmas*--4°23N-7°36W, Junk River;
Ivory Coast : Dimbokro--6°41N-4°34W, Bingerville, Divo--5°56N-5°29W, Eloka, Tiassale--5°59N-4°52W, Abidjan--5°19N-4°02W;
Ghana : Accra--5°35N-0°16W;
Togo : Bismarckburg--8°11N-0°39E;
Benin (Dahomey);
Nigeria = Ashanti = Calabar = Old Calabar;
Cameroon : Isabo, Fumsam, Lolodorf--3°12N-10°45E, Samba, Edea--3°47N-10°07E, Yaoundé--3°51N-11°30E, Victoria (Moliwe), Buea--4°11N-9°20E, Barombi, Lomie, Bangwe, Banyang-Land, Nssanakang, Bibundi, Akonolingo--Mbang, Ossidinge;
Central African Republic;
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon :
Petit-Okano, 0°02 S - 11°53 E, IX-85, leg. J.M. Weill & A. Pauly (in coll. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Bruxelles, Belgique).
Petit-Okano, 0°02 S - 11°53 E, III-86, leg. A. Pauly (in coll. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique).
Gabon : Libreville--0°28N-9°25E (in coll. Maes, Nicaragua).
Gabon, ex coll. J. Carradot (in coll. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique).
Gabon, ex coll. Steinmetz (in coll. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique).
Gabon français, ex coll. Le Moult (in coll. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique).
Gabon (in coll. Maes, Nicaragua).
Congo : Mougoumba, Kintele, Sibiti, Mbila, Dimonika--4°14S-12°25E, Odouka;
Zaire : Haut-Zaire [Albert Lake--1°38N-30°52E = Maputo Lake (Mboga, West-Lendu, Wabudso-Wald--Wakangu), Albert National Park (Kibga--S. Mt. Visoke), Beni--0°29N-29°46E, Bunia--1°39N-30°26E, Rwankwi, Moku--2°31N-25°58E], Kivu [Mohangi, Mulungu, Kisantu], Kasai [Dekese--3°33S-21°13E, Lusambo--5°01S-23°25E, Sankuru River (Kondue)], Bas-Zaire [Maduda--4°55S-13°06E], ? [Voka];
Rwanda : Bulera Lake--1°26S-29°47E (Kagogo);
Uganda : Budongo Forest--1°46N-31°33E;
Tanzania : Mwanza [Victoria Lake (Ukerewe I.--2°00S-32°58E)].
Xylophagous : Moraceae : Castilla.
Bibliography
MAES J.M. (1998) Lucanidae (Coleoptera) du Gabon. Bull. Annls. Soc. r. Belge Ent., 134(1998):279-285.
TEXT : MAES JEAN-MICHEL
PICTURES : GALANT ALAIN