Glipa sanfilippoi n. sp. (Coleoptera, Mordellidae), the largest species of the genus in Africa (Sierra Leone)

Abstract

The mordellid fauna of Sierra Leone has recently been established to include 12 species in 10 genera thanki to the cuiledirig effurts of the botanist W Rossi. This work describes a new species of Glipa being the first one of this genus in Sierra Leone where it reaches its northernmost and
westcrnrnost distribution in Africa. Giipa is relatively rare in Africa (altogether six speries) and ron be reydrded as a typical rain forest dweller there. A key to Glipa species in Africa is supplied.