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 nigrinus
Gerstmeier & Weiss
,
n. sp.
(
Figs. 9
,
47
)
Specimens examined:
Holotype
Ƥ. NKolbisson, UNREADABLE-III-66, Museum Paris, de Miré leg (
MNHN
).
Length:
19.5mm
(
1 specimen
).
Head:
Black; wrinkled.
Antennae:
Black; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside.
Pronotum:
Black; slightly dilated anteriorly, constricted towards base; middle of apex finely transversely wrinkled, surface anterior to transverse depression finely punctate and wrinkled, disc with a transverse line of white hairs; length:width ratio 1.6:1.
Scutellum:
Black.
Elytra:
Black; each elytron with a yellow transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures larger than interstices, punctures within fasciae small and sparsely distributed, irregularly punctate behind fascia (punctures mostly elongate); length:width ratio 2.6:1.
Legs:
Black.
Lower surface:
Black-brown to black.
FIGURE 9
:
Diplocladus nigrinus
n. sp.
;
FIGURE 10
:
Diplocladus oculicollis
;
FIGURE 11
:
Diplocladus pulcher
;
FIGURE 12
:
Diplocladus rufobasalis
n. sp.
;
FIGURE 13
:
Diplocladus rufus
.
Vestiture:
Head, pronotal margins, elytral lateral margins, legs and lower surface with white hairs, pronotal and elytral disc with reddish hairs.
Distribution:
Cameroon
.
Etymology:
D. nigrinus
n. sp.
is the only entirely black species of
Diplocladus
(aside from the elytral faciae).