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This Attelabidae, probably a Parapoderus, is 5,5mm long.

I think:

Parapoderus nigritarsis Voss, 1926

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Silvano

Thanks Silvano.
I should precise a fact we can't see on the picture. The pygidium shows a strong and quite dense punctuation, and normally in P. nigritarsis the pygidium should be unpunctuate.
Could it be P. fuscicornis instead?

Yes, even the locality makes me think fuscicornis, which is reported by more western countries : Senegal, Togo, Guinea, Cameroon. Can you see if it is a female (two spines at the end of the front tibia) rather than a male (one spine)? So:

Parapoderus fuscicornis (Fabricius, 1792)

see also this.

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Silvano

There are 2 spines at the apex of the front tibia, so it's a female. I have another specimen prepared and it's a female too.
Thanks for the ID