Drosochrus curvipes Kaszab, 1971

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19. Drosochrus curvipes Kaszab, 1971 ( Fig. 11C ) Drosochrus curvipes Kaszab 1971: 237 .

Type Data. Holotype, male (Budapest Museum): “ Tanganyika: Katesh , S of Mt. Hanang, 5900 feet, 26. VI. —1. VII 1965, leg. Dr. J. SZUNYOGHY” . Paratype, female (Budapest Museum ): “Butumbura” .

Distribution. BURUNDI: Bujumbura ( Kaszab 1971); TANZANIA:Mountain Hanang ( Kaszab1971).

Note. Kaszab did not directly provide the subgeneric affiliation of this species. However, according to his diagnosis this species is closely related to D. caelatus . This statement was used here to assign D. curvipes to the subgenus Helopinus .

Figures

Fig. 11. Type specimens of species representing the genus Drosochrus subgenus Helopinus. A) D. costatus aegyp- tiacus, B) D. costulatus, C) D. curvipes, D) D. kochi, E) D. textor, F) D. vernayanus.