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 versicolor
(
Chevrolat, 1842
)
(Figs. 35, 94–95)
Notoxus versicolor
Chevrolat, 1842
: 276
;
Schenkling 1906
: 245
; Schenkling 1907: 201 (
Thanasimus
).
Philocalus formosa
Boheman, 1851
: 484
; Schenkling 1907: 156; Schenkling 1908: 361;
Schenkling 1909
: 796
.
Strotocera orangica
Kuwert, 1893
: 468
(
Cymatodera
)
;
Schenkling 1899
: 334
(
Eucymatodera
);
Schenkling 1902
: 123
(
Strotocera
);
Schenkling 1906
: 245
.
n. syn.
Specimens examined:
Holotype
:
3. Caffra, ria., J. Wahlb,
Type
,
Typus
,
NRM
Sthlm, Loan 1887/08 (
NRM
).
Holotype
:
Orange, Ex-Musaeo, A Kuwert, 1894,
orangica Kuw
,
typus
!,
TYPE
, Museum Paris, ex Coll., R. Oberthur (Ƥ,
MNHN
);
Strotocera orangica
n. syn.
Others:
Waterval (=New Smithsburg), N-Tul.,
Nov. 1899
, A.J.T. Sanse,
Philocalus Rhodesianis, Pic 1912
(1 ex., CRG);
South Africa
: Mpumalanga, Der Brochen
1135m
,
25.04S-
30.07E
,
11.2.2002
, E-Y: 3495, light trap, leg. Tm staff (1 ex.,
TMSA
);
RSA
: Cape Province, Bontebok National Park,
14.–16.XI.1993
,
34°04’S
/
20°27’E
, leg J. Deckert (1 ex.,
ZMB
); DSW Afrika, Otjosondu, Casper S.G. (1 ex.,
ZMB
); S.W. Africa: Okahandja.,
1320m
, 1.1934., K.
Jordan
,
Strotocera, Ginter Ekis
det. (1 ex,
BMNH
);
South Africa
, Transvaal, Zimthabi,
25 km
E Thabazimbi,
24.32S
27.34E
2 Xi.
i.1983
, M.W. Mansell (1 ex.,
SANC
); Schenkling det., Coll Kraatz, Kraatz det.,
Versicolor
,
Philocalus
UNREADABLE, Chevr, Cap,
DEI
versicolor
(1 ex.,
DEI
); Bulawayo,
XI.1913
,
Rhodesia
Museum,
versicolor Chevr., H. Andreae
det. (1 ex.,
SAMC
).
|
Length:
12.4mm–19mm (10 specimens).
|
|
Head:
Red; coarsely wrinkled.
|
|
Antennae:
Reddish brown with light tips;
|
almost |
reaching |
base |
of |
pronotum |
when |
laid |
alongside; |
A5–A10 |
| serrate. |
FIGURE 94
:
S. versicolor
, aedeagus, terminal sternite
FIGURE 95
:
S. versicolor
, distribution map. and tergite.
Pronotum:
Red, base narrowly dark red to black-brown, slightly dilated anteriorly, slightly constricted towards base; coarsely wrinkled; length:width ratio 1.53:1.
Scutellum:
Black.
Elytra:
Basal third red, beneath humeral margin dark brown to black, each elytron with a whitish to yellowish lateral spot in the basal third and a whitish to yellow transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; remainder black; diameter of punctures mostly larger than interstices, behind fasciae impunctate; length:width ratio 2.5:1.
Legs:
Dark red-brown.
Lower surface:
Head and thorax light brown to red, around coxae turning into black, abdomen dark redbrown to black.
Vestiture:
With yellowish to red-brown hairs.
Distribution:
Namibia
,
South Africa
,
Zimbabwe
.