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 rufus
(Pic, 1953)
(Figs. 13, 53–54)
Diplocladus rufus
Pic, 1953: 113
.
Specimens examined:
Holotype
:
Dolo, Amino, 13 ottobre 1937, desiré,
Diplocladus rufus
n. sp.
,
TYPUS
,
Diplocladus rufus Pic, Atti
XIX, (
MCST
).
Others:
S-Afrika,
Natal
,
St. Lucia
Creek, 12/1986 leg.Werner (3 3, CRG).
Length:
12.9mm
–
14.4mm
(
4 specimens
).
Head:
Reddish brown; finely and diffusely punctate.
Antennae:
Reddish brown to dark brown; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside.
Pronotum:
Reddish brown; parallel, very slightly constricted apically, conspicuously constricted behind middle;
wrinkled; length:width ratio 1.48:1.
Scutellum:
Reddish brown.
Elytra:
Long, reddish brown; diameter of punctures mostly larger than interstices, punctures becoming smaller towards apex; length:width ratio 2.99:1.
Legs:
Femora reddish brown, tibiae and tarsi dark brown.
Lower surface:
Reddish brown.
Vestiture:
With light reddish to gold-coloured hairs.
Distribution:
Somalia
,
South Africa
.