Thinophilus capensis Curran, 1926

Fig. 3E

Thinophilus capensis Curran, 1926: 26 .

Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London.

Material examined

Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ East London [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E], 2.2.[19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.

Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 16 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; “2, 22, 26 Feb., 1 May 1925 ”; NMSA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: East London, 1.5.25, 22.2.25 (Munro leg.); Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. M 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus capensis Curran ”; RMCA .

Notes

Four males from the National Park Albert (= Virunga), DR Congo, were found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus capensis, det. Vanschuytbroeck”; two of them belong to Thinophilus imperialis (Curran, 1924) and two to T. splendidus . The species once reported from this country by Vanschuytbroeck (1951) must be excluded from the fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Distribution

South Africa.