Ixalidium sjostedti Kevan, 1950

(Figs 1; 5C; 8C, D; 11; 21 A-C; Table 5)

Ixalidium haematoscelis – Sjöstedt 1909: 186, 190.

Ixalidium sjostedti Kevan, 1950: 211 .

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Holotype. Tanzania • ♂; Kilimanjaro; Kibonoto [= Kibongoto]; “kultur z” [cultivation zone]; [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; 12.X.1905 -06; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NHMUK. ‘Allotype’ [= Paratype] ♀; Kilimanjaro; Kibonoto [= Kibongoto] nieder [= base]; [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; 7.I.1906; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NHMUK.

Paratypes. Tanzania • 1 ♀; Kilimanjaro, Kibonoto [= Kibongoto] nieder [= base]; [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; 2.i.1906; Y.Sjöstedt leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♂; Kilimanjaro; VIII.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♂; Kilimanjaro, Kibonoto [= Kibongoto]; [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; 1000- 1200 m a.s.l.; 1905-06; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NHMUK .

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tanzania • 2 ♂; Kilimanjaro; 8.IX.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 1 ♂; Kilimanjaro; 30.ix.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 1 ♂; Kilimanjaro; IX.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 1 ♂, 1 nymph; Kilimanjaro; 7.IX.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 3 ♂; Kilimanjaro; VIII.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 1 ♂; Kilimanjaro; 5.X.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 2 ♂, 1 nymph; Kilimanjaro, Kibonoto [= Kibongoto]; [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; 1000-1200 m a.s.l.; VIII.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 2 ♂; Kilimanjaro, Kibonoto [= Kibongoto]; [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; 1000-1200 m a.s.l.; IX.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 2♂, 1 nymph; Kilimanjaro, Kibonoto [= Kibongoto], kultur z (cultivation zone); [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; VIII.1905; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm . • 1 ♂; Kilimanjaro, Kibonoto [= Kibongoto]; stäpp [= steppe]; [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; 1000-1200 m a.s.l.; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 1 ♂; Kilimanjaro, Kibonoto [= Kibongoto] nieder [= base]; [3°11’S, 37°06’E]; 2.I.1906; Y. Sjöstedt leg.; NR, Stockholm • 1 ♂; Mt Kilimanjaro, Nkweseko, montane grassland; 1660 m a.s.l.; XII.2013; C. Hemp leg.; Coll. CH . • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Nr Mt Kilimanjaro, TPC Sugar Plantation; 3°33’30”S, 37°21’58”E; 700 m a.s.l.; III.2022; C. Hemp leg.; Coll. CH • 1 ♂; Mt Kilimanjaro, Masoka; 1150 m a.s.l.; I.2014; C. Hemp leg.; Home garden, Hom 2; Coll. CH • 1 ♂; Mt Kilimanjaro, Lyamungu; 1600 m a.s.l.; XII.2000; C. Hemp leg.; plantation; Coll. CH • 1 ♀; Mt Kilimanjaro, Mweka; 1030 m a.s.l.; XII.2000; C. Hemp leg.; plantation; Coll. CH • 1 ♀; Mt Kilimanjaro, Masoka; 1150 m a.s.l.; X.2013; C. Hemp leg.; Home garden, Hom 2; Coll. CH • 2 ♂, 5 ♀, 1 nymph; Moshi District, Kirua Vunja [= Kirua Vunjo Magharibi]; 3°20’S, 37°27’E; 6000 ft a.s.l.; 28.IX.1952; K. Guichard leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Moshi District, Marangu; 3°17’S, 37°31’E; 4000 ft a.s.l.; XI.1949; J. Phipps leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♂; Moshi District, Moshi; 3°20’S, 37°20’E; 20.XI.1943; E. Burtt leg.; NHMUK • 7 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 nymph; Ngurdoto Crater, Arusha National Park, E of Mt Meru, Crater Lake rim; 3°17’20”S, 36°55’36”E; 11. VI.1967; N. D. Jago leg.; NHMUK • 2 ♂, 2 ♀; Ngurdoto Crater, Arusha National Park, E of Mt Meru, Crater Lake rim; 3°17’20”S, 36°55’36”E; 14. VI.1967; N. D. Jago leg.; NHMUK • 16 ♂, 10 ♀, 5 nymphs; Ngurdoto Crater, Arusha National Park, E of Mt Meru, Crater Lake rim; 3°17’20”S, 36°55’36”E; 22.XI.1964; N. D. Jago leg.; NHMUK • 4 ♂, 1♀, 1 nymph; Ngurdoto Crater, Arusha National Park, E of Mt Meru, Kusari Lake; 22.XI.1965; N. D. Jago leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♀; Ngurdoto Crater, Arusha National Park, Forest SE of Ngurdoto Crater; 4000 ft a.s.l.; 12. VI.1967; N. D. Jago leg.; sunny forest margins; NHMUK • 3 ♂, 1 ♀; Ngurdoto; 3°18’S, 36°56’E; 3. VI.1972; I. A. D. & A. Robertson leg.; NHMUK • 2♂, 1 ♀; Meru; 3°14’48”S, 36°44’54”E; 14.I.1990; A. W. Harvey leg.; NHMUK • 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 nymph; Arusha, Grevillea plantation; 3°22’S, 36°41’E; 19.II.1948; E. Burtt leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♀; Arusha; 3°22’S, 36°41’E; 1.III.1969; P. Ward leg.; scrub on wasteland; NHMUK • 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Tengeru area, East of Arusha; 3°22’27”S, 36°47’7”E; 26.IX.1982; N. D. Jago leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♀; Arusha National Park; 3°15’S, 36°50’E; 2. V.1970; C. F. Dewhurst leg.; NHMUK .

MEASUREMENTS. — Table 5.