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 oculicollis
(
Fairmaire, 1885
)
(Figs. 10, 48–49)
Diplophorus oculicollis
Fairmaire, 1885
: 8
;
Fairmaire 1887
: 160
, plate 2, fig. 3.
Diplophorus flabellatus
Kolbe, 1897
: 224
;
Lohde 1900
: 10
.
Diplocladus discoidalis
(Schenkling, 1908)
: 70.
n. syn.
Strotocera unimaculata
Pic, 1953: 320
.
n. comb.
,
n. syn.
Specimens examined:
Holotype
:
3. Magdichu, Museum Paris,
Somali
, Revoil 1885, Magdichu, 3806.35,
TYPE
,
Diplocladus oculicollis Fm.
,
TYPE
(
MNHN
).
Lectotype
(designated here): Meru, Sjöstedt, Ngare na nyuki,
25 nov
,
Typus
,
Diplophorus discoidalis, Schklg
,
Type
!,
NRM
Sthlm, Loan 1885/08 (3,
NRM
);
Diplocladus discoidalis
n. syn.
Paralactotype
(designated here): Kilimandjaro, Sjöstedt 1905-6, Kibonoto,
1300–1900m
,
29 nov
, Schenkling det.,
Syntypus
, DEI Eberswalde,
Diplophorus discoidalis, Schklg.
(Ƥ, DEI);
Diplocladus discoidalis
n. syn.
Holotype
:
Togogebiet, Staudinger & Bang-Haas dedic., Pic det.,
Holotypus
,
Strotocera unimaculata
n. sp.
(DEI);
Strotocera unimaculata
n. syn.
Others:
South Africa
: Zulu Coast, Sodwana Bay,
27.35S
-
32.39E
,
23.11.1992
; E-Y:2848, UV light W of camp, leg. Endrödy-Younga (1 ex., TMSA);
Südafrika
27.xi.1995
, KwaZulu-Natal, Tembe Elephant Park,
27°02’S
/
32°25’E
, leg. F. Koch (1 ex., ZMB); Transvaal, Lydenburg, F. Wilms S.V., 17 (1 ex., ZMB);
South Africa
, Transvaal, D’Nayla Nat. Res., Ellisras District,
23.45S
27.49E
,
18–20.xii.1987
, B. Grobbelaar (1 ex., SANC); S Africa: KZ-Natal, Shaka’s Kraal,
29°27’S
31°12’E
50m
, Date:
X.97
, Coll. P.E. Reavell, To Light (1 ex., SANC); Waterberg, Dist.
1888-99
, v. Jutrenzencka,
Philocalus rhodesianus Pérg.
(1 ex., TMSA); Zoutpan, Pta.,
9/XII 1925
, G. v. Son (1 ex., TMSA);
Natal
, Leeukop Nat Res, Pongola
27°22’S
31°42’E
,
24-I- 1992
, Leg. M. Vogt & E. Holm, Ex. Pretoria University, Collections (UPSA) 2002 (1 ex., TMSA); S. Afr., Kruger Nat. Pk, Lower Sabi,
25.10 S
-
31.60 E
,
14.1.1996
: E-Y: 3192, miscell. beating, leg. Endrödy-Younga (1 ex., CRG).
Length:
11.5mm
–
16.5mm
(
13 specimens
).
Head:
Black, very finely and diffusely punctate, between eyes conspicuously and more densely punctate.
Antennae:
Black; almost reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A3 curved triangularly.
Pronotum:
Dark brown to black; anterior half subparallel, constricted towards base; surface anterior to transverse depression coarsely punctate, coarsely wrinkled behind transverse fasciae; disc with a single patch of white or yellow hairs; length:width ratio 1.43:1.
Scutellum:
Black.
Elytra:
Basal third to half dark red, remainder black, each elytron with a broad yellow transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures conspicuously larger than interstices, punctures within fasciae small and sparsely distributed, punctures faint and elongate behind fascia; length:width ratio 2.44:1.
Legs:
Black-brown to black.
Lower surface:
Dark red-brown to black.
Vestiture:
Head with whitish to yellowish hairs, apex of pronotum with dense yellowish hairs, pronotal and elytral disc with reddish hairs, legs and lower surface with whitish hairs.
Distribution:
Somalia
,
South Africa
, Transvaal,
Tanzania
,
Togo
.