Kudekanye: A New Genus Of Longhorned Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) From The Lowland Fynbos And Renosterveld Ecosystem Of South Africa
Author
Rice, Marlin E.
Department of Entomology Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011, U. S. A.
merice@iastate.edu
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
2008
2008-03-01
62
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journal article
10.1649/983.1
1938-4394
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Afroartelida teunisseni
Vives and Adlbauer (2005) described this apatophyseine species from
two specimens
—the
holotype
from
Etosha National Park
,
Namibia
and a
paratype
from
Mpumalanga
,
Republic of South Africa.
Additional specimens in the
Transvaal Museum of Natural History
indicate that the species occurs throughout
eastern South Africa
as well as in
Swaziland
and
Zimbabwe
based on the following label data (number of specimens in parentheses):
SOUTH AFRICA
,
Transvaal
,
Kowyn’s Pass
,
5 km
SE Graskop
, S24.57, E30.53,
1,400 m
,
23.X.1983
, CLBellamy (2);
Ironcrown-Wolkberg
, nr.
Haenertsburg, E.
Tvl.,
17– 26.XI.1970
,
L. Prozesky
and
A. Strydon
(2);
S. Afr
;
Tv. Nelshoogte Forest Station
,
25.50S
–
30.50E
,
2.12.1986
, E-Y:2,346,
UV
light collection, leg. Endrödy-
Younga
(6);
S. Afr
;
Tv. Nelshoogte Forest Station
,
Knuckles
rocks for.,
25.47S
–
30.50E
,
5.12.1986
, E-Y:2,357,
UV
light collection, leg.
Endrödy-Younga
(1);
S. Afr
;
E. Tvl
..
Uitsoek
,
Forest St.
envir.
25.18S
–
30.35E
,
26.10.1986
, E-Y:2,321, white flow. exotic, leg.
Endrödy-Younga
(2);
S. Afr.
,
Transvaal
,
Rustenburg
, 7.11.75,
Scoble
&
Potgieter
(1);
S. Afr.
,
N. Transvaal
,
Farm Derry
442,
22.58S
–
29.03E
,
2.3.1976
,
Leg. Scoble
&
Kroon
(3); same location, but 2–
3.3.1976
(1);
SWAZILAND
,
Malagwane Hill
,
Mbabane
, 28/10/92,
N. J. Duke
(3), 10/11/94,
N. J. Duke
(1), and 15/10/95,
N. J. Duke
(1);
ZIMBABWE
,
Laurenceville
,
Vumba
, 10–15.10.90,
N. J. Duke
(2)
.
Biology.
Almost nothing is known of the biology of this species, other than a few specimens were attracted to artificial lights at night, adults were collected between mid October and early March, and most specimens have been collected at high elevations. The collection localities in
Swaziland
(Mbabane) and
South Africa
(Haenertsburg, Kowyn’s Pass, Nelshootge, and Rustenberg) range in elevation from approximately
1,040 to 2,130 m
.