Homoderus PARRY, 1862
(G. = Homoderus mellyi)
Homoderus
gladiator JAKOWLEW, 1895.
Jakowlew,
1895:525; Kolbe, 1896:7, 301; Boileau, 1902:36, pl.2; Boileau, 1902:204;
Waterhouse, 1902:460; Boileau, 1913:234; Griffini, 1919:215; Griffini, 1920:1-7;
Kriesche, 1920:176; Burgeon, 1937:4; Didier & Séguy, 1952:pl.88-89;
Basilewsky, 1956; Benesh, 1960:61; Maes, 1981:4; Klausnitzer, 1982:44; Bomans,
1989:443; Maes, 1992:85; Mizunuma & Nagai, 1994:240, pl. 54.
Homoderus
gladiator ssp. gladiator JAKOWLEW, 1895.
= Homoderus preussi KOLBE 1896.
Cameroon* : Cameroon Mts.;
Zaire : Haut-Zaire [Albert National Park
(Tshambi, Kiniha--Nyiragongo Volcano, Gitebe--Nyamuragira Volcano, Kamatembe,
Nyasheke Forest--Nyamuragira Volcano), Ruwenzori Mts.--0°25N-29°46E (Kalonge),
Rutshuru, Rwankwi], Kivu [Mohangi, Goma];
Rwanda : Gando Lake;
Kenya :
Yala River near Kismu, Nandi Hills--0°05N-35°00E.
Homoderus
gladiator ssp. bellicosus BOILEAU, 1902.
Zaire :
Kasai [Haut-Kasai*];
Rwanda.
Homoderus
gladiator ssp. johnstoni WATERHOUSE 1902.
Zaire : Kivu;
Uganda : Entebbe*--0°03N-32°26E, Victoria
Lake.
Note :
Mizunuma & Nagai (1994) consider H. johnstoni as a good species,
different of H. gladiator.
Homoderus
mellyi PARRY, 1862.
Parry,
1862:107, pl.xvi; Westwood, 1863:437, pl.16; Deyrolle, 1864:316, pl.4; Parry,
1864:38, pl.11; Parry, 1870:86; Mollenkamp, 1897:145; Boileau, 1902:52-54,
pl.2; Mollenkamp, 1905:7; Heyne & Taschenberg, 1908:54, pl.8; Griffini,
1919:214; Burgeon, 1937:4; Arrow, 1951:pl.14; Didier & Séguy, 1952:pl.89;
Benesh, 1960:61; Maes, 1981:4; Klausnitzer, 1982:30, 44; Bomans, 1989:443;
Franciscolo, 1990:199-200; Maes, 1992:85; Mizunuma & Nagai, 1994:240, pl.
54.
Homoderus
mellyi ssp. mellyi PARRY, 1862.
Homoderus
mellyi PARRY, 1862 [Guinea].
Homoderus
bicolor MOLLENKAMP, 1897 [Guinea].
Guinea
(TYPUS of Homoderus mellyi PARRY, 1862).
Sierra Leone : Niala
Togo;
Ivory
Coast : Eloka, Bingerville, Divo--5°56N-5°29W;
Nigeria =
Old Calabar*.
Homoderus
mellyi ssp. polyodontus BOILEAU, 1902.
Homoderus
mellyi var. polyodontus BOILEAU, 1902.
Homoderus
mellyi ssp. polyodontus BOILEAU; Maes, 1998:283.
Cameroon
: Edea--3°47N-10°07E, Samba, Mungo (Mukonge Farm), Bakossi Mts.,
Lolodorf--3°12N-10°45E, Victoria;
Central
African Republic : Bangui--4°23N-18°36E (Bimbo forest);
Equatorial Guinea : Benito, 1°34 N - 10°24 E
Gabon :
Cassa,
1870 (in coll. Maes, Nicaragua).
Ivindo, ex. coll. Le Moult (in coll. Institut
royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique).
Bas-Ogooué, ex. coll. Le Moult (in coll.
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique).
Gabon (in
coll. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique).
Gabon (in
coll. Maes, Nicaragua).
Congo : Alima River--Diélé--1°41S-14°45E,
Sibiti;
Zaire : Haut-Zaire [Albert National Park
(Tshambi), Aruwimi River, Bambesa, Beni--0°29N-29°46E, Bunia--1°39N-30°26E,
Ituri Forest, Kisangani--0°33N-25°12E = Stanleyville, Mbau--50 miles of Uganda
border, Mambasa, Stanley Falls*--0°19N-25°24E, Yangambi--0°44N-24°18E], Kivu
[Mohangi, Shabunda Terr. (Lubongola--Matale), Bukavu--2°29N-28°48E, Mt. Kahuzi,
Sankuru River (Beni Bendi*)], Bandundu [Lemfu--4°34S-18°18E], Bas-Zaire
[Kikongo--Palanga road--4°49S-12°51E], Kasai [Lodja--3°37S-23°36E],
Shaba, ? [Voka, Daovo-Nyanya];
Rwanda : Nyanza Territory (Gitarama);
Angola.
Bibliography
MAES J.M. (1998) Lucanidae (Coleoptera) du
Gabon. Bull.
Annls. Soc. r. Belge Ent., 134(1998):279-285.