Lydomorphus (Lydomorphus) strangulatus (Gerstäcker, 1854) (Fig. 1S)

Lytta strangulata Gerstäcker, 1854 Lytta fulvicollis Fåhraeus, 1870

Distribution. Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zaire.

Material examined and literature records. [Caprivi] Katima Mulilo Urban: Katima Mulilo, 17.5000°S 24.2667°E (CB). Kabe: E Caprivi: 30 km SE Katima Mulilo, Zambezi-Altwasserarm, 17.5166°S 24.4167°E (MNB). [Kavango] Rundu Rural: Rundu , 17.9333°S 19.7667°E (CB). Mukwe: Popa Falls, 18.1167°S 21.5833°E (MNB); Mahango Game Res., 18.1500°S 21.7000°E (MNB). [Oshikoto] Guinas: Bezirk Tsumeb, Farm Wildernis, 64 km NW Tsumeb, 18.87330°S 18.0167°E (MNB). [Oshana] Uuvudhiya: Etosha N.P. Okaukuejo, 19.1667°S 15.9167°E (MNB). [Otjozondjupa] Otjiwarongo: D 2430,25 km N Otjiwarongo, 20.2667°S 16.6167°E (CB); Otjiwarongo town, 20.4167°S 16.6000°E (CB). [Khomas] Windhoek Rural: Windhoek Airport, 22.5333°S 17.2500°E (CB).

Other records: Namibia (Bologna, 2000a; Pitzalis et al. 2014).

Remarks. Types of this species were not examined but specimens compared with them were studied at HNHM.

Morhological differences are detectable among western, eastern and southern African populations and the monophyly of the species is uncertain.