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Description: A supplement to the “Revision of the genus Paratropus Gerstaecker” (Kanaar, 1997) is given. Additional faunistic data are presented. The following four new species are described and figured: P. angulifrons (Malaysia: Sabah), P. strigosus (Cameroon, Ghana), P. tenuis (Indonesia: Sumatra) and P. transvalensis (South Africa: Transvaal).

Description: The myrmecophilous and termitophilous genus Paratropus Gerstaecker is revised and figured. A key to the species is given. The number of species in this genus has been brought up to 80, of which 31 species are described as new: P. arriagadai (Tanzania), P. bakxi (Zaire), P. baloghi (Congo, Zaire, Ruanda, Gabon), P. basquinianus (Central African Republic), P. cavatus (Central African Rep.), P. cavifrons (Gabon), P. erbelingi (Botswana), P. gomyi (Congo, Cameroon, Gabon), P. hervei (Central African Rep., Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast), P. kapleri (Cameroon), P. keukelaari (Zambia), P. khandalensis (India), P. kovariki (Ghana), P. kryzhanovskii (Congo, Gabon, Nigeria), P. lamotteorum (Tanzania), P. legionarius (Central African Rep.), P. oculofoveatus (Thailand), P. oharai (Congo, Zaire, Gabon), P. olexai (Congo, Zaire), P. penatii (Ghana, Congo), P. pescheli (Zaire), P. roggemani (Central African Rep.), P. salgadoi (Liberia, Zaire, Zambia), P. tishechkini (Central African Rep., Zambia, Congo), P. vallenduuki (Central African Rep., Togo), P. verityi (Zaire), P. walteri (Congo, Zaire), P. wenzeli (India), P. wibbechienae (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Angola), P. yelamosi (Zaire) and P. zicsii (Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Cameroon). One species, P. assmuthi Reichensperger, 1925, could not be examined. Lectotypes of the following species are designated: P. altilis Lewis, P. boleti Lewis, P. caswelli (Th\xc3\xa9rond), P. chelonitis Lewis, P. congonis Lewis, P. fungorum Lewis, P. nigrellus (Schmidt), P. nimbaensis (Th\xc3\xa9rond), P. orbicularis (Olliff), P. saegeri Th\xc3\xa9rond, P. strigatus (Schmidt), P. termitophilus (Desbordes) and P. verschureni (Th\xc3\xa9rond). The genus Spathochinus Desbordes is put into the synonymy of Paratropus. The following synonymies are reported: P. aptistrius Lewis (1907) = P. ovides (Marseul, 1862); P. decellei Th\xc3\xa9rond (1968) = P. ovides (Marseul, 1862); P. nudilatera Vienna (1985) = P. maynei (Desbordes, 1919); P. difficilis Vienna (1987) = P. orientis Th\xc3\xa9rond (1975); Coelocraera basquini D\xc3\xa9gallier (1983) = C. sigillata (Th\xc3\xa9rond, 1968).

Description: Description of three new Histeridae from East Africa: Abraeus sulcatorugosus nova species, Chalcionellus krikkeni nova species and Atholus (Euatholus) kuijteni nova species.

Description: The genus Trypeticus Marseul, 1864 is revised and figured. A key to the species is given. Redescriptions of the hitherto described species are presented. The number of species in this genus has been brought up to 100, of which 72 species are described as new: T. adebratti (Sabah, Brunei), T. alticola (Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. angustifrons (Indonesia: Irian Jaya?), T. arriagadai (Philippines), T. aukei (W. Malaysia, Sabah), T. bertiae (India), T. boukei (Sabah), T. brevis (Sabah), T. capillatus (Sabah), T. carinifrons (Sabah), T. carinipygus (Sabah), T. caterinoi (India: Assam), T. clarus (Sabah), T. convexicollis (Sabah), T. coomani (Vietnam, Thailand?), T. danielssoni (Sabah, Perak), T. degallieri (Papua New Guinea), T. deoudei (Perak, Sabah?), T. foveicollis (Sabah, \xe2\x80\x9cBorneo\xe2\x80\x9d), T. gibberosus (Sabah), T. gomyi (Sabah), T. gracilis (Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. gratus (Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. hamatipygus (Sabah), T. hielkemaorum (Philippines), T. hinei (Papua New Guinea?), T. houseae (Sabah), T. huijbregtsi (Philippines, Indonesia: Sulawesi), T. immanis (Sarawak), T. jaegeri (Sabah), T. jelmeri (Indonesia: Java), T. jorisi (Sabah), T. kalshoveni (Indonesia: Java; Sabah), T. kapleri (Sabah), T. kirtoni (W. Malaysia), T. lackneri (Indonesia: Sumatra; Malaysia: Malaya), T. latilabris (Sabah), T. latirostrum (Thailand), T. latisternum (Sabah), T. loebli (W. Malaysia), T. mazuri (Indonesia: Sumatra), T. merkli (Sabah), T. minutissimus (Sabah), T. mirandus (Indonesia: Lombok), T. monteithi (Australia: N. Queensland), T. nasicus (Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. nepalensis (Nepal), T. nitens (Papua New Guinea, Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. parobeliscus (Papua New Guinea), T. parrilloi (Sabah), T. pederseni (Indonesia: Java, Sumatra), T. penatii (Laos), T. penicillicauda (Sabah), T. poggii (Papua New Guinea), T. pooti (Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. protractus (Philippines: Mindanao), T. rectangulus (Papua New Guinea, Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. riedeli (Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. rombauti (Sabah), T. rostricauda (Sabah, Perak, Indonesia: N-Sumatra), T. sanneae (Sabah), T. schawalleri (Sabah, Sarawak), T. smetanai (Nepal), T. subobeliscus (Indonesia: Java, Sumatra?), T. sulcisternum (Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. therondi (Vietnam), T. trigonifrons (Indonesia: Sulawesi), T. tuberculinotum (Sabah), T. uhligi (Sabah), T. valens (Indonesia: Irian Jaya), T. vanasseni (Sabah), T. viennai (Sabah). Lectotypes of the following species are designated: T. albertisii (Gestro), T. andaiensis (Gestro), T. beesoni Desbordes, T. bombacis (Lewis), T. canalifrons Bickhardt, T. cinctipygus (Marseul), T. crassus Schmidt, T. dohertyi (Lewis), T. fagi (Lewis), T. gestroi (Marseul), T. gilolous (Marseul), T. grouvellei (Marseul), T. helleri Bickhardt, T. incilis Lewis, T. indicus Lewis, T. kalemantanus (Marseul), T. longicollis Heller, T. meridianus Lewis, T. minutulus Lewis, T. mustelinus Lewis, T. nemorivagus Lewis, T. obeliscus Lewis, T. planisternus Lewis, T. praedaceus Lewis, T. sauteri Bickhardt, T. silvicola Schmidt, T. tabacigliscens (Marseul), T. terebellus (Marseul), T. veda (Lewis), T. venator (Lewis). The following new synonymies are reported: T. meridianus Lewis, 1899 = T. incilis Lewis, 1897; T. mustelinus Lewis, 1897 = T. silvicola Schmidt, 1897; T. namdaphaicus Pal & Biswas, 1985 = T. beesoni Desbordes, 1922; T. praedaceus Lewis, 1892 = T. cinctipygus (Marseul, 1864); T. rhinocerus Lewis, 1893 = T. albertisii (Gestro, 1875); T. terebellus (Marseul, 1864) = T. gilolous (Marseul, 1864).

Description: The following new attaphilous Histeridae from Suriname are described and illustrated: Carcinops subcarinatus, Phelister geijskesi and Phelister degallieri. New records are given for Phoxonotus tuberculatus Marseul and Phelister striatinotum Wenzel & Dybas.

Description: A supplement to the \xe2\x80\x9cRevision of the genus Paratropus Gerstaecker\xe2\x80\x9d (Kanaar, 1997) is given. Additional faunistic data are presented. The following four new species are described and figured: P. angulifrons (Malaysia: Sabah), P. strigosus (Cameroon, Ghana), P. tenuis (Indonesia: Sumatra) and P. transvalensis (South Africa: Transvaal).

Description: The new species Coelocraera tuberiventer is described and figured. Its position within the genus Coelocraera is discussed.