Strotocera topolinae Gerstmeier & Weiss

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 48-49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.190604
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6221564
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03948605-FFD5-FF9F-FF12-FB1C8D8CFE4E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Strotocera topolinae Gerstmeier & Weiss
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Strotocera topolinae Gerstmeier & Weiss , n. sp.

(Figs. 33, 90–91)

Specimens examined:

Holotype: 3. Kenya, Voi, Sagala Region 12.1991, leg. K. Werner (CRG)

Paratypes: South Africa: KrugerNat. Pk, Skukuza research ca, 24.59S- 31.35E, 21.1.1995, E-Y:3085, UV light & trap, leg. CL Bellamy (1 ex., TMSA); D. O.-Afrika Mikesse, Bezirk Morogoro, W. Janensch S.G (1 3, ZMB); St. Lucia; 12/86 Natal, Werner leg. (1 ex., CRG); South Africa, Transvaal, D’Nayla Nat. Res., Ellisras, 23.45S 27.49E, 850m 24–26.ix.1990, R.G. Oberprieler (1 Ƥ, CRG); South Africa, Transvaal, Vienna Game Farm, Hoedspruit, 24.17S 30.58E 500m, 17–18.i.1991, R.G. Oberprieler (1 Ƥ, 1 3, SANC); Tanzania: Udzungwa Mountains National Park, 391m, 24.11.2005, R. Minetti (2 3, JSBC); Tanzania: Tanga region, Pare-Usambara Savanna, 24.10.2004, R. Minetti (1 ex., JSBC).

Length: 9.5mm – 12.5mm (10 specimens).

Head: Dark reddish brown to black; finely and diffusely punctate.

Antennae: Light brown to dark brown; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A5–A10 serrate. Pronotum: Red-brown, sometimes with black spots; slightly dilated anteriorly, constricted towards base; with four distinct elevations on disc and two smaller elevations at base (in middle), elevations always red-brown; finely and diffusely punctate; length:width ratio 1.56:1.

Scutellum: Brown.

Elytra: Black with reddish shoulders; each elytron with a white lateral spot in the basal third and a yellow transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins, fascia with narrow extension towards base, apex brown; irregularly punctate, punctures partly elongate, their diameter not larger than interstices, punctures elongate behind fasciae; length:width ratio 2.28:1. Legs: Dark reddish brown to black, tarsi light brown.

Lower surface: Head and thorax dark brown, abdomen light red-brown. Vestiture: With yellowish hairs.

Distribution: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania.

Etymology: Named after the female dog (Topolina) of the senior author.