Dromica albivittis, : Chaudoir, 1865

Schüle, Peter, 2007, Revision of the genus Dromica. Part IV. Species closely related to Dromica albivittis (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 233-244 : 235

Key to males of species in the D. albivittis complex

1 Aedeagus rather massive, bulging, with a short, regularly tapering apex ( Fig. 11 ) .................................................................................................. heinemanni sp. n.

– Aedeagus slender, sigmoid ( Figs 5 , 15, 16 ) .......................................................... 2

2 Aedeagus ending in a short, discoid, almost circular apical beak ( Fig. 5 ) ............. ................................................................................................. albivittis Chaudoir

– Aedeagus ending in a subrectangular apical beak ( Figs 15, 16 )............................. ....................................................................................................... praticola sp. n.

Figures

Figs 6–11. D. heinemanni sp. n.: (6) habitus, holotype, male, Mpumalanga, 10 km NE Badplaas; (7) elytron, male, KwaZulu-Natal, Carolina; (8) elytron, male, Limpopo, Woodbush Drive; (9, 10) male and female labra, KwaZulu-Natal, Carolina; (11) aedeagus, holotype. Scale bars = 5 mm in Figs 6–8 and 1 mm in Figs 9–11.

Figs 3–5. D. albivittis, holotype, male, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban: (3) habitus, (4) labrum, (5) aedeagus. Scale bars = 5 mm in Fig. 3 and 1 mm in Figs 4, 5.

Figs 12–16. D. praticola sp. n., paratypes, all from KwaZulu-Natal: (12) habitus, male, Loteni Nat. Res.; (13, 14) labra: (13) male, Loteni Nat. Res., (14) female, Kamberg Nat. Res.; (15, 16) aedeagus, left and right lateral view, Loteni Nat. Res. Scale bars = 5 mm in Fig. 12 and 1 mm in Figs 13–16.