Diplocladus oculicollis ( Fairmaire, 1885 )

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 18-19

Diplocladus oculicollis ( Fairmaire, 1885)

(Figs. 10, 48–49)

Diplophorus oculicollis Fairmaire, 1885: 8 ; Fairmaire 1887: 160, plate 2, fig. 3. Diplophorus flabellatus Kolbe, 1897: 224 ; Lohde 1900: 10.

Diplocladus discoidalis (Schenkling, 1908) : 70. n. syn.

Strotocera unimaculata Pic, 1953: 320 . n. comb., n. syn.

Specimens examined:

Holotype: 3. Magdichu, Museum Paris, Somali, Revoil 1885, Magdichu, 3806.35, TYPE, Diplocladus oculicollis Fm. , TYPE ( MNHN).

Lectotype (designated here): Meru, Sjöstedt, Ngare na nyuki, 25 nov, Typus, Diplophorus discoidalis, Schklg , Type!, NRM Sthlm, Loan 1885/08 (3, NRM); Diplocladus discoidalis n. syn.

Paralactotype (designated here): Kilimandjaro, Sjöstedt 1905-6, Kibonoto, 1300–1900m, 29 nov, Schenkling det., Syntypus, DEI Eberswalde, Diplophorus discoidalis, Schklg. (Ƥ, DEI); Diplocladus discoidalis n. syn. Holotype: Togogebiet, Staudinger & Bang-Haas dedic., Pic det., Holotypus, Strotocera unimaculata n. sp. (DEI); Strotocera unimaculata n. syn.

Others: South Africa: Zulu Coast, Sodwana Bay, 27.35S - 32.39E, 23.11.1992; E-Y:2848, UV light W of camp, leg. Endrödy-Younga (1 ex., TMSA); Südafrika 27.xi.1995, KwaZulu-Natal, Tembe Elephant Park, 27°02’S / 32°25’E, leg. F. Koch (1 ex., ZMB); Transvaal, Lydenburg, F. Wilms S.V., 17 (1 ex., ZMB); South Africa, Transvaal, D’Nayla Nat. Res., Ellisras District, 23.45S 27.49E, 18–20.xii.1987, B. Grobbelaar (1 ex., SANC); S Africa: KZ-Natal, Shaka’s Kraal, 29°27’S 31°12’E 50m, Date: X.97, Coll. P.E. Reavell, To Light (1 ex., SANC); Waterberg, Dist. 1888-99, v. Jutrenzencka, Philocalus rhodesianus Pérg. (1 ex., TMSA); Zoutpan, Pta., 9/XII 1925, G. v. Son (1 ex., TMSA); Natal, Leeukop Nat Res, Pongola 27°22’S 31°42’E, 24-I- 1992, Leg. M. Vogt & E. Holm, Ex. Pretoria University, Collections (UPSA) 2002 (1 ex., TMSA); S. Afr., Kruger Nat. Pk, Lower Sabi, 25.10 S - 31.60 E, 14.1.1996: E-Y: 3192, miscell. beating, leg. Endrödy-Younga (1 ex., CRG).

Length: 11.5mm – 16.5mm (13 specimens).

Head: Black, very finely and diffusely punctate, between eyes conspicuously and more densely punctate. Antennae: Black; almost reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A3 curved triangularly. Pronotum: Dark brown to black; anterior half subparallel, constricted towards base; surface anterior to transverse depression coarsely punctate, coarsely wrinkled behind transverse fasciae; disc with a single patch of white or yellow hairs; length:width ratio 1.43:1.

Scutellum: Black.

Elytra: Basal third to half dark red, remainder black, each elytron with a broad yellow transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures conspicuously larger than interstices, punctures within fasciae small and sparsely distributed, punctures faint and elongate behind fascia; length:width ratio 2.44:1.

Legs: Black-brown to black.

Lower surface: Dark red-brown to black.

Vestiture: Head with whitish to yellowish hairs, apex of pronotum with dense yellowish hairs, pronotal and elytral disc with reddish hairs, legs and lower surface with whitish hairs.

Distribution: Somalia, South Africa, Transvaal, Tanzania, Togo.