Revisional study on African Apophylia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Part 4. Author Bezděk, Jan text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2005 2005-12-31 45 165 182 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5174138 0374-1036 5174138 Apophylia nobilitata Gerstaecker, 1871 ( Figs 1-5 ) Apophylia nobilitata Gerstaecker, 1871: 83 ; Apophylia nobilitata : GERSTAECKER (1873) ; GEMMINGER & HAROLD (1876) ; FAIRMAIRE (1887) ; ALLARD (1889) ; WEISE (1909); LABOISSIÈRE (1922a ,b, 1924); WEISE (1924) ; LABOISSIÈRE (1929) ; WILCOX (1971) ; ALFIERI (1976) . Type locality. Endara [placed in south-east Kenya ]. Type material. Apophylia nobilitata : HOLOTYPE : ♀ , ‘56565 [w, p] // Endara. v.d. Dec [= von der Decken ] [blue label, h] // nobilitata / Gerst. ♀ [blue label, h]’ ( ZMHB ). The holotype is provided with one additional, printed red label : ‘ HOLOTYPUS , / Apophylia / nobilitata Gerstaecker, 1871 / det. J. Bezděk 2003’. Additional material examined ( 141 spec. ). KENYA : Oloitokitok , 30.xii.1965 , 2 JJ 9 ♀♀ , without collector data ( MCSN ) . TANZANIA : Mkata , 1.vi.1909 , 1 J, Schoenheit leg. ( ZMHB ) ; Figs 1-5. Apophylia nobilitata Gerstaecker, 1871 . 1 – aedeagus (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view); 2 – last ventrite of female; 3 – last ventrite and pygidium of female, lateral view; 4 – male metasternum; 5 – male metatarsus. Scale: 1 mm (Figs 1-3 and 5); 2 mm (Fig. 4). Narobi near Tanga , iii.1915 , 4 JJ 3 ♀♀ , Methner leg. ( ZMHB ) ; Tanga , ii.1915 , 1 ♀ , Methner leg. ( ZMHB ) ; Kwakiyembe , v.1916 , 2 ♀♀ , Methner leg. ( ZMHB ) ; Dar-es-Salaam , 1 J, S. Conradt leg. ( ZMHB ) ; Mombo , 12.iii.2002 , 4 JJ 7 ♀♀ , M. Snížek leg. ( JBCB ) ; Pande env., SSW of Pangani , 10.iii.2002 , 8 JJ 14 ♀♀ , M. Snížek leg. ( JBCB ) ; Makata plain ( Morogoro ), 9.iii.2002 , 23 JJ 39 ♀♀ , M. Snížek leg. ( JBCB ) ; Handeni , Makinda env., 14.iii.2002 , 1 J 22 ♀♀ , M. Snížek leg. ( JBCB ). All specimens J. Bezděk det. Differential diagnosis. Apophylia nobilitata is closely related to A. mila sp. nov. Both species have a similar structure of the aedeagus and the apex of the last ventrite in female ( Figs. 1-3 , 9-11 ). The male metasternum in A. mila sp. nov. lacks teeth while it is bifurcate in A. nobilitata ( Figs. 4, 12 ). Moreover, tarsomere 1 of the hind tarsus is narrower in A. mila sp. nov. than in A. nobilitata ( Figs. 5, 13 ). Distribution. Kenya and Tanzania . ALFIERI (1976) listed it also from Egypt but this record is doubtful and probably refers to another species of Apophylia . Comments. GERSTAECKER (1871) did not mention the number of available specimens in the original description of A. nobilitata . Two years later he improved the description and stated that it was based on one specimen ( GERSTAECKER 1873 ). I had the possibility to study the female holotype , which unfortunately has a slightly damaged apex of the abdomen. However, the rest of the preapical bulge on the last ventrite is visible, so that it is possible to attribute it to a species with a distinctly bifurcate male metasternum in agreement with LABOISSIÈRE (1922a) .