Meloe (Meloe) sp. aff. hottentotus Péringuey, 1886 (Fig. 5Y)

Distribution. Namibia (endemic?) (new species record for this country).

Material examined and literature records. [Otjozondjupa] Omatako: road-central, Umg. Otjiwarongo, Otjibamba lodge, 20.5355°S 16.6537°E (CP).

Remarks. The holotype of M. hottentotus was examined at SAMC.

The nominate subgenus of Meloe was never recorded from Namibia . The single female examined, greatly damaged, is not referable to any described Afrotropical species of the nominate subgenus (see Bologna & Pinto 1998) and probably represents a new species, close to M. hottentotus Péringuey, 1886. In Fig. 5Y is presented a male specimen of H. hottentotus from South Africa