Description of a new species of Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947 from Republic of Benin with a key to the known African species (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypnini)

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Platia, Giuseppe, Coache, Alain (2023): Description of a new species of Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947 from Republic of Benin with a key to the known African species (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypnini). Faunitaxys 11 (27): 1-4, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-11(27), URL: dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376482 Abstract. – A new species of Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947 from West Africa (Republic of Benin) is described.

It is allied to R. riesei Platia, Biondi & Sechi, 2020 known from Gabon for the third antennal article only a little shorter than the second but can be separated for the smaller and stouter body because of elytra shorter compared to pronotum and differences in the male genitalia. Platia G.& CoacheA., 2023. – Description of anewspecies of Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947 from Republic of Benin with a key to the known African species (Coleoptera, Elateridae,Agrypnini).