Epicauta (Epicauta) velata (Gerstäcker, 1854) (Fig. 2Q)

Lytta velata Gerstäcker, 1854

Distribution. Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, northeastern Namibia (new species for this country), Tanzania, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Material examined. [Caprivi] Katima Mulilo Urban: Katima Mulilo, 17.5000°S 24.2667°E (CB). Kabe: Maningimanzi, 17.5333°S 24.4667°E (SMWN). [Kavango] Rundu Rural: Kavango, 12 km of Rundu, River Okavango, 17.9333°S 19.7667°E (CB); Rundu, 17.9333°S 19.7667°E (CB). Mukwe: Popa Falls on Kavango , 18.1167°S 21.5833°E (MNB); Okavango River, Popa Falls, Bagani, 18.1167°S 21.6333°E (CB); Mahango Park, 18.1500°S 21.7000°E (MNB). [Otjozondjupa] Otavi: Grootfontein: Askavolt Farm 20 km E Otavi , 19.6667°S 17.5500°E (MNB); Askavold 316. Kombat, 19.7052°S 17.5923°E (SMWN); Tsumkwe: Gautscha Pan, 19.8000°S 20.5833°E (SMWN).

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

This species belongs to the group “II. velata ”, as defined by Kaszab (1953c).