Calliptamulus sulfurescens Uvarov, 1922

Tshililo, Precious, 2020, Review of South African Euryphyminae, Zootaxa 4820 (1), pp. 70-104 : 87

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scientific name	Calliptamulus sulfurescens Uvarov, 1922
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Calliptamulus sulfurescens: Uvarov, 1922:159 ; Johnston, 1956:429; Dirsh, 1956:223; Dirsh, 1956b:121–272, figs. 31. 1–3;

Dirsh, 1965:268; Johnston, 1968:199.

Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa, Free State, Bloemfontein . Type not examined.

Material. SOUTH AFRICA: Free State: 1m N Clarens (S28.4963, E28.4226) 23.ii.1962 coll. H.D. Brown, Furst— 1♂ ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; Eastern Cape: 20km NW Grahamstown (S33.2082, E26.3467) 03.i.1976 coll. H.D. Brown— 2♂ ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; Mpumalanga: 60m NE Ermelo (S25.900668, E30.674351) i.1962 coll. F. Pick— 1♀ ( SANC); GoogleMaps Bedford (S32.67878, E26.08756) 26.iv.1957 coll. A.L. Reyneke— 1♂ ( SANC); GoogleMaps Bloemfontein (S29.1177, E26.2178) 24.iv.1918 coll. Ch. K. Brain— 1♀ ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; Northern Cape: De Aar (S30.6524, E24.0106) 13.ii.1959 coll. H.D. Brown— 8♂, 5♀ ( SANC); GoogleMaps Doornberghoek, Middelburg (S31.4951, E25.0061) 20.iv.1939 — 1♂, 1♀ ( SANC); GoogleMaps Dullstroom, Verloren Valei NR (S25.3040, E30.1242) iii.1996 coll. A.J. Armstrong— 1♂, 1♀ (Transvaal Museum) GoogleMaps ; Great Fish River Game Reserve , Ostrich Vlei T 3 (S32.9029, E26.7879) 13.ii.2001 coll. M. Pareja— 1♀ (Transvaal Museum) GoogleMaps ; Transvaal, Lochiel (S26.1405, E30.7827) ii.1959 coll. G. van Son— 2♂ ( SANC); GoogleMaps Lydenburg (S25.5776, E30.1847) 14.i.1963 coll. A.L. Capener— 1♂ GoogleMaps ; Smithfield District (S30.2017, E26.5259) 09.v.1917 — 1♂ ( SANC); GoogleMaps KwaZulu Natal, Yellow Woods , Balgowan (S29.3956, E30.0547) 18.i.1960 coll. Ch. K. Brain— 2♀ GoogleMaps (Transvaal Museum).

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from South Africa ( Uvarov 1922, Dirsh 1956b) and Lesotho ( Dirsh 1956b).

Remarks. This genus was erected by Uvarov (1922) on the basis of its shape of prosternal tubercle and of its male genitalia, this genus is related to Calliptamicus . Its taxonomic status is not satisfactory, it has four possible undescribed species in the SANC collection.