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 rufobasalis Gerstmeier & Weiss , n. sp. (Figs. 12, 52) Specimens examined: Holotype : Ƥ. South Africa , Natal , Ndumu Game Reserve, 26.54S 32.15E , 21–22.i. 1981 , M.W. Mansell ( SANC ). Paratypes : South Africa , C.P, Grahamstown, 33.19S 26.32E , 29.xi.1983 , R. Oberprieler (1 Ƥ, CRG); Südafrika 30.i.–3.ii.1995 , KwaZulu-Natal: N’dumu Game Res. 26°55S’/ 32°19’E , leg. F. Koch (1 Ƥ, ZMB ). Length: 16mm – 16.7mm ( 3 specimens ). Head: Dark red to reddish brown; conspicuously wrinkled. Antennae: Black; almost reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside. Pronotum: Dark red to reddish brown; anterior half subparallel, conspicuously constricted towards base; coarsely wrinkled (mostly longitudinal); behind anterior transverse depression with six gibbosities on disc and two gibbosities at base; length:width ratio 1.51:1. Scutellum: Dark red-brown or black. Elytra: Basal third to first half red to reddish brown, remainder black with yellow transverse fasciae beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures larger than interstices, punctures within fasciae small and sparsely distributed, posterior of fascia very finely and diffusely punctate; length:width ratio 2.57:1. Legs: Black. Lower surface: Head and thorax red-brown, abdomen black. Vestiture: With whitish to yellowish and red hairs. Distribution: South Africa . Etymology: Named after the reddish brown colour of the anterior part of the elytra.