taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E1887CFFA8FF8AFF4DC3B2FA69FD15.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Carabus meyerlei Fabricius (1801: 169).	en	Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Sithole, Hendrik, Mawdsley, Alice S. (2011): Peaceful giant ground beetles: The genus Tefflus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Republic of South Africa. Insecta Mundi 2011 (181): 1-7, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5161042
03E1887CFFA8FF8AFF4DC3B2FA69FD15.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. From sympatric species in the tribe Panagaeini, the species of Tefflus can be immediately recognized by the large body size (length 24 - 55 mm), hexagonal pronotal shape, planate pronotal disc, elytral punctures in double rows separated by large elevated carinae, lack of functional flight wings, and lack of orange or yellow elytral markings (Basilewsky 1946). Males in this genus have the first and second tarsomeres of the protarsi enlarged (Figures 3, 5).	en	Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Sithole, Hendrik, Mawdsley, Alice S. (2011): Peaceful giant ground beetles: The genus Tefflus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Republic of South Africa. Insecta Mundi 2011 (181): 1-7, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5161042
03E1887CFFA8FF8AFF4DC3B2FA69FD15.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The genus Tefflus is widely distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, with 14 species and 41 subspecies (Basilewsky 1946). For the Republic of South Africa, Basilewsky (1946) published several collection records for T. meyerlei delagorguei Guérin-Méneville, and a doubtful record for T. carinatus carinatus Klug. In this paper we confirm the presence of both taxa in the Republic of South Africa and add new records. Taxonomic note. The specific epithet of the type species of this genus has often been written “ megerlei ” (e. g. Basilewsky 1946) but the original published spelling for this name is “ meyerlei ” (Fabricius 1801: 169).	en	Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Sithole, Hendrik, Mawdsley, Alice S. (2011): Peaceful giant ground beetles: The genus Tefflus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Republic of South Africa. Insecta Mundi 2011 (181): 1-7, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5161042
03E1887CFFA8FF8BFF4DC033FB87FDF5.taxon	description	Figures 3 - 4, 6.	en	Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Sithole, Hendrik, Mawdsley, Alice S. (2011): Peaceful giant ground beetles: The genus Tefflus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Republic of South Africa. Insecta Mundi 2011 (181): 1-7, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5161042
03E1887CFFA8FF8BFF4DC033FB87FDF5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The smaller of the two species of Tefflus in the Republic of South Africa (length 26 - 37 mm); vertex of head with large, round distinct punctures; pronotum with large, irregular round punctures, punctures not confluent; femora and tibiae with multiple stout suberect setae; elytra flattened, disc planate; elytral carinae narrower than adjacent rows of punctures; integument black or metallic violet. Historical record from South Africa. “ Transvaal ” (Basilewsky 1946). The species has also been recorded from present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe (Basilewsky 1946). Specimens examined. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Ndumu, XII. 1960 (1 male, TMSA). Mpumalanga Province, Nelspruit (1 male, NMNH). Taxonomic note. Basilewsky (1946) divided T. carinatus into three subspecies on the basis of dorsal coloration and geographic distribution. Two of these subspecies, the nominate T. c. carinatus and T. c. violaceus, occur in southern Africa, with the Zambezi River serving as a dividing line between the geographic distributions of these two subspecies. According to Basilewsky (1946), the southern subspecies T. c. carinatus has black dorsal coloration, while the northern subspecies T. c. violaceus Klug has violet dorsal coloration. We examined black as well as metallic violet specimens of T. carinatus from the Republic of South Africa (Figures 3 - 4), suggesting that further revision of this complex and re-evaluation of the subspecific taxa recognized by Basilewsky (1946) is probably in order.	en	Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Sithole, Hendrik, Mawdsley, Alice S. (2011): Peaceful giant ground beetles: The genus Tefflus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Republic of South Africa. Insecta Mundi 2011 (181): 1-7, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5161042
03E1887CFFA9FF8BFF4DC113FD8BFA55.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The larger of the two species of Tefflus in the Republic of South Africa (length 39 - 54 mm); vertex of head smooth with transverse rugae adjacent to eyes; pronotal punctures less distinct and often confluent; femora and tibiae with few if any stout suberect setae; elytral disc convex; elytral carinae as broad or broader than adjacent rows of punctures, top of each carina smooth and shining; integument black and shining. This is the species whose adult and larval forms were illustrated by Picker et al. (2004). Historical records from South Africa. Free State Province, Vrede. Gauteng Province, Monts Zoutpans, Pretoria. KwaZulu-Natal Province, Durban, Nagana, “ Tongaland, ” “ Zululand. ” Limpopo Province: Nylstroom (Basilewsky 1946). Tefflus meyerlei is widely distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa (Basilewsky 1946) and the subspecies T. m. delagorguei has also been recorded from present-day Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe (Basilewsky 1946; Magagula 2003, 2006). Specimens examined. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Dukuduku, 10. I. 1903 (1 male, TMSA), Empangeni, XII. 1976 (1 female, TMSA), Eshowe, 16. XI. 1967 (1 male, NMNH), “ E. Zululand ” (1 male, TMSA), Frieschgewaag, II. 1903 (1 female, TMSA), Mkuzi, IV. 1950 (1 male, TMSA), Umfolozi, X. 1924 (1 female, TMSA), Umfolozi River, 1. XI. 1922 (1 male, TMSA). Limpopo Province, Koedoes River, XII. 1902 (1 female, TMSA), Marieps Mountain, IX. 1925 (1 male, TMSA), 25 miles N of Punda Milia, Kruger National Park, II. 1960 (1 male, TMSA), Tzaneen, X-XI. 1974 (1 male, NMNH), Tzaneen, Glen Allen, IV. 1974 (2 males, NMNH), 12 miles N Tzaneen, 15. XII. 1964 (3 males, 2 females, NMNH). Mpumalanga Province, Barberton, 8. I. 1911 (1 male, TMSA), 7. II. 1957 (1 male, TMSA), Loskop, XII. 1959 (1 male, TMSA), Nelspruit, XII. 1967 (1 female, TMSA), N’waswitshaka Research Camp, 19. XII. 2009 (1 female, NMNH), Pretoriuskop, 19. XI. 2010 (1 female, TMSA), Skukuza, Kruger National Park (1 male, 1 female, KNPC).	en	Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Sithole, Hendrik, Mawdsley, Alice S. (2011): Peaceful giant ground beetles: The genus Tefflus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Republic of South Africa. Insecta Mundi 2011 (181): 1-7, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5161042
