Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae) Author Gerstmeier, Roland Author Weiss, Ingmar text Zootaxa 2009 2242 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.190604 be775551-d947-4866-b75d-2d19ae859460 1175-5326 190604 Strotocera elegantula Gerstmeier & Weiss , n. sp. (Figs. 21, 68–69) Specimens examined: Holotype : 3. Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Katanga: Kolwezi, 09; X– XI-1961 , Dr. V. Allard ( MRAC ). Paratype : South Africa , Transvaal, Langjan Nature Res., 22.52S 29.14E , 10–20.i.1980 , G.L. Prinsloo (1 3, SANC ). Length: 8.5mm – 10.7mm ( 2 specimens ). Head: Black; coarsely wrinkled with some scattered punctures. Antennae: Reddish brown to black-brown; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A4–A10 serrate and cut off bluntly. Pronotum: Black; anterior half subparallel, conspicuously constricted towards base; surface anterior to transverse depression wrinkled; coarsley wrinkled behind transverse depression, with four more or less conspicuous elevations and two small gibbosities at base (in middle); length:width ratio 1.43:1. Scutellum: Brown. Elytra: Dark brown to black, each elytron with a white lateral spot in the basal third and a white transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins, apical fifth light brown; most punctures elongate, diameter of punctures smaller, behind fasciae with elongated punctures, apex very finely punctate; length:width ratio 2.53:1. Legs: Black. Lower surface: Head and thorax black-brown, abdomen light brown, tip of abdominal metacoxal process white. Vestiture: With whitish to yellowish hairs. Distribution: Congo , South Africa . Etymology: Name is referring to the elegant appearance of this beetle; besides S. convexa one of the most colourful species of Strotocera .