Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965
Author
Darby, Michael
text
Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine
2019
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journal article
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Acrotrichis africana
Johnson 1969
(
Figs 14B, C
)
The commonest and most widespread of the African
Acrotrichis
species recorded from eight countries including
Kenya
and
Uganda
(Johnson 1969). For a discussion about the presence or absence of males see Johnson 1984. Distinguished by the form of the spermatheca (
Fig. 14B
).
Material examined
4 ♀♀
,
UGANDA
:
Makerere University College
,
2 miles
N.
Kampala
,
0°20′N
,
32°34′E
, xxii.1964,
4000m
,
leg
.
W.C. Block
, B.M. 1978-472 (
BMNH
)
;
1♀
,
UGANDA
:
Makerere University College Farm
,
12 miles
N.
Kampala
,
0°28′N
,
32°37′E
,
xii.1964
–v.65,
leg
.
W.C. Block
, B.M. 1978-472 (
BMNH
)
.