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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8D64341891D5484AE0FC96" bold="true" box="[151,445,836,862]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">Afrophloeus dilaticornis</emphasis>
Borovec &amp; Oberprieler
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(
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)
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Body length
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.
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Colour generally darker than in
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but chevron pattern on elytra less distinct (
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).
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Rostrum (
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) 1.331.42 x broader than long, with somewhat rounded sides. Antennae (
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) robust; scapes gradually and slightly dilated in basal third, in middle of posterior edge extended into a large, flat, angled lobe set off sharply from apical quarter; funicles 6- or 5-segmented, segment 1 1.1 x longer than broad, 1.41.6 x broader than 2, segment 2 1.21.3 x longer than broad, 36/5 progressively broader, 3 as broad as 2, 6 almost as broad as basal club segment.
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Pronotum in dorsal view 1.912.13 x broader than long, distinctly constricted behind anterior border, then subparallel-sided, disc evenly convex, simple. Elytra 1.051.13 x longer than broad, posthumeral calli on interstria 9 poorly developed, in dorsal and dorso-lateral views almost invisible. Protibiae (
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) as in
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8D64341CF7D2FF4EC8FAC3" box="[1265,1429,1266,1291]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">A. spathulatus</emphasis>
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, spines similar in arrangement but somewhat shorter. Tarsi with segment 2 1.11.2 x broader than long, 3 1.4 x broader than long and 1.2 x broader than 2, onychium 1.5 x longer than 3.
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Genitalia. Penis as in
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but slightly longer and more parallel-sided. Female genitalia as in
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.
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. ♂, [
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<date id="FFF01050FF8D64341D26D3AB4EC5FA77" box="[1312,1432,1446,1471]" pageId="9" pageNumber="374" value="1946-05">May 1946</date>
, Acc. PE. 232, AcPE 232: destroying chicory seedlings (SANC).
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, same data as
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8D643418C1D01E4A13F9E3" bold="true" box="[199,334,1554,1579]" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named for its conspicuously dilated antennal scapes, the name being an adjective.
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<paragraph id="8BF13690FF8D643418C1D03A4E52F987" blockId="9.[151,1436,942,1831]" box="[199,1295,1590,1615]" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8D643418C1D03A4A7AF987" bold="true" box="[199,295,1590,1615]" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">Biology.</emphasis>
The single series of specimens known has been reported destroying seedlings of chicory.
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<subSubSection id="C354651BFF8D643418C1D0564A5DF95F" pageId="9" pageNumber="374" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BF13690FF8D643418C1D0564A5DF95F" blockId="9.[151,1436,942,1831]" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8D643418C1D0564A3DF9BB" bold="true" box="[199,352,1626,1651]" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">Distribution.</emphasis>
The species is to date known from a single locality in the Eastern Cape province of
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(
<figureCitation id="13752A15FF8D64341899D0724BA9F95F" box="[159,244,1662,1687]" captionStart="FIGURES 24 25" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1960,1983]" captionTargetBox="[204,1378,215,1913]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[177,1407,193,1938]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 24 25. Distribution of Afrophloeus species. 24. South Africa; 25. South Australia (○ — A. spathulatus (Boheman), ■ — A. squamifer (Boheman), ∆ — A. dilaticornis sp. n.)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223114/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
).
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<subSubSection id="C354651BFF8D643418C1D0AE4A92F8EE" pageId="9" pageNumber="374" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BF13690FF8D643418C1D0AE4A92F8EE" blockId="9.[151,1436,942,1831]" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">
<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8D643418C1D0AE4A66F973" bold="true" box="[199,315,1698,1723]" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">Remarks.</emphasis>
This species is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8D64341AA8D0AF480FF973" box="[686,850,1698,1723]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">A. spathulatus</emphasis>
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but readily distinguishable from it by the unusual shape of its scapes. The number of funicular segments also varies as in
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<emphasis id="B93AEA82FF8D64341BECD0CB4FD3F917" box="[1002,1166,1734,1759]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="374">A. spathulatus</emphasis>
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, the
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and four
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(two males, two females) having 5-segmented funicles and the three remaining
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(one male, two females) 6-segmented ones.
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