Acrotrichis africana Johnson 1969

Darby, Michael, 2019, Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 155, pp. 239-257 : 255

Acrotrichis africana Johnson 1969

( Figs 14B, C )

The commonest and most widespread of the African Acrotrichis species recorded from eight countries including Kenya and Uganda (Johnson 1969). For a discussion about the presence or absence of males see Johnson 1984. Distinguished by the form of the spermatheca ( Fig. 14B ).

Material examined

4 ♀♀, UGANDA: Makerere University College , 2 miles N. Kampala, 0°20′N, 32°34′E, xxii.1964, 4000m, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH) ; 1♀, UGANDA: Makerere University College Farm , 12 miles N. Kampala, 0°28′N, 32°37′E, xii.1964 –v.65, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH) .

Figures

Fig. 14. — Acrotrichis spp.: Acrotrichis alluaudi Johnson. A, habitus; D, spermatheca. Acrotrichis africana Johnson. C, habitus; B, spermatheca.