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 emerita ( Péringuey, 1899 ) (Figs. 22, 70–71) Philocalus emerita Péringuey, 1899 : 242 ; Schenkling 1906 : 244 ; Schenkling 1907: 156. Strotocera multisignata Pic, 1926 : 142 ( Tillus ) ; Pic 1932: 32. n. syn. Specimens examined: Holotype : S. Rhodesia , Umtali, A. Bodong, 1902, Philocalus emeritus, Type , PJ, Strotocera emerite, Péring., SAM Type , Acc. no. 1271 ( SAMC ). Holotype : Congo , Tillini, Type , TYPE , voisin der Strotocera emerita Pering , UNREADABLE, Tillus multisignatus??, Museum Paris, Coll. M. Pic (3, MNHN ), Strotocera multisignata n. syn. Others: Belgian Congo , 18. S.W. of Elizabethville., 5.ii.1928 , Dr H.S. Evans, Strotocera emerita, Per, Det. G.E. Bryant (1 ex., HEC); Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia , 1.3.1924 , R.H.R. Stevenson, Strotocera emerita, Peringuey , det. G. Ekis 1985 (1 ex., TMSA ); Tanzania : Magara (a S del Lake Manyara sulla strada fra Mbulu e Magugu), ( 1000m ), alla luce, 15.IV.1999 , L. Bartolozzi, B. Carletti, B. Gecchi & A. Sforzi legit, 10–25.IV.1999 (n° Mag 2187 ) (1 ex., MZUF ); Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Rhodesia : Redcliff, 1966, L. Scarrott, Strotocera emerita Per., L. Germain det., 1973 (1 ex., MRAC ); Musée du Congo , Elisabethville, - I-1937 , Ch . Seydel, C.19622, Elisabethville, Janvier 1937 , Ch . Seydel, No C 19622, UNREADABLE, R. DET., D., 5490, Strotocera emerita, Peringuey (1 ex., MRAC ); Musée du Congo , Katanga: UNREADBLE, 11-1931, H. J. Brédo, R. DÉT., 2709, m, Strotocera emerita Pering , UNREADABLE (1 ex., MRAC ); Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr., Lualaba: Zllo, II-1959 , Dr V. Allard, 53, Strotocera emerita Per, L. Germain det., 1973 (2 ex., MRAC ); Manjoni, D. O . Africa (1 ex., ZMB ). Capland, Strotocera formosa, Boh. (1 ex., ZMB ); N.W. Rhodesia : Kashitsu, N. of Broken Hill, Jan. 1915 m H.C. Dollman, J.B. Corporaal det. 1927, Strotocera emerita Pering. (1 ex., BMNH ); N.W. Rhodesia : Mwengwa, 27 40 E . 13 S., 2.ii.1914 , H.C. Dollman, J.B. Corporaal det. 1927, Strotocera emerita Pering., Borrowed ex. BMNH (1 ex., BMNH ); Salisburry, UNREADABLE, Schenkling det., Coll. S. Schenkling, coll. DEI Müncheberg, Strotocera emerita Pering. (1 ex., DEI ); D. O .-Africa, Kigonsera, 1903, Ertl, Schenkling det. (1 ex., DEI ); Njassasee, Afr.or-, Staudinger & Bang-Haas dedic., Schenkling det. (1 ex., DEI ); Kigonsera, D. O .-Afrika, Sammlung J.N. Ertl, 1933 vid. J.B. Corporaal, Strotocera emerita Péring. (1 ex., CRG); Kigonsera, 1905, Sammlung J.N. Ertl, Strotocera nigricornis Pering. (1 ex., CRG); Kigonsera 1904, Sammlung J.N. Ertl, 1923 vid. J.B. Corporaal, Strotocera emeritus Per., (1 ex., ZSM ); Lower Sabi, D. Township, Strotocera emerita Peringuey , det. G. Ekis 1985, emerita Peringuey T. (1 ex., TMSA ); Kaoko Otavi, S.W.A., emerita Pering. (1 ex., SAMC ); Penkridge, S. Rhodesia , 14.1.1925 , R.H.R. Stevenson, Strotocera emerita (1 ex., SAMC ); Rhodesia , Sebakwe, emerita Pering. (1 ex., SAMC ); Salisbury, 5/3/15 , Strotocera Emerita Pér. (1 ex., SAMC ); Transvaal, Leydenb. Dist, Pureh 1879, T. AYRES , Philocalus emeritus, type 97 (1 ex., SAMC ). Length: 13mm – 18mm ( 26 specimens ). Head: Black; coarsely wrinkled. Antennae: Dark brown to black; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A5–A10 serrate. Pronotum: Apex black, disc and base red-brown, dilated anteriorly, conspicuously constricted towards base; coarsely wrinkled; length:width ratio 1.48:1. Scutellum: Black. Elytra: Red-brown to black, each elytron with a whitish to yellowish lateral spot in the basal third and a whitish to yellowish transverse fasciae beyond middle extending laterally towards suture (but not reaching sutural margins), and a transverse "fascia" of white hairs; diameter of punctures larger than interstices, punctures elongate behind fascia; length:width ratio 2.39:1. Legs: Dark brown to black. Lower surface: Head black, prothorax red-brown, meso- and metathorax and abdomen dark brown to black. Vestiture: With reddish to black, fasciae, legs and lower surface with white hairs. Distribution: Congo , Namibia , Sambia , South Africa , Tanzania , Zimbabwe .