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
Diplocladus kuwerti
(
Hintz, 1897
)
n. comb.
(Figs. 7, 43–44)
Phloeocopus kuwerti
Hintz, 1897
: 286
.
Strotocera kuwerti
(
Hintz, 1897
)
.
Schenkling 1906
: 245
.
n. comb.
Specimens examined:
Holotype
:
3.
Deutsch-Ostafrika
, Pangive, Bose,
Type
, UNREADABLE,
Kuwerti
, Krz,
Kuwerti
, Hintz, Ex Musoeo, E. Hintz // Muséum Paris, 1952, Coll R. Oberthur,
Type
(
MNHN
).
Others
: Ukerewe Ins., Victoria See, leg. Conrads, UNREADABLE,
Strotocera
spec., Pic det.,
Strotocera kuwerti
(
DEI
).
Length:
8.9mm
–
9.7mm
(
2 specimen
).
Head:
Black; diffusely punctate.
Antennae:
Brown; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A3 curved triangularly, lower parts very short.
Pronotum:
Black; anterior half parallel, conspicuously constricted towards base; with six elevations on disc and two elevations at base (in middle); finely and diffusely punctate; length:width ratio 1.61:1.
Scutellum:
Dark red-brown.
Elytra:
First half red-brown, each elytron with a whitish lateral spot in the basal third, remainder black with whitish transverse fasciae beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures at shoulder smaller, at disc larger than interstices, punctures elongate behind fascia; length:width ratio 2.38:1.
Legs:
Dark red-brown.
Lower surface:
Head, pro- and mesothorax and abdomen dark red-brown to black, metathorax red-brown.
Vestiture:
With whitish hairs.
Distribution:
Tanzania
.