Strotocera atripennis Pic, 1950

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 23

Strotocera atripennis Pic, 1950

( Figs. 14 , 55 –56)

Strotocera atripennis Pic, 1950: 153 .

Specimens examined:

Holotype: 3. HOLOTYPUS, atripennis, Pic, Coll. Mus. Congo, Kivu: Lubongola, -1939, Dr. Hautmann, desiré, R. DET., N., 5621, Strotocera atripennis n sp ( MRAC).

Length: 13.3mm (1 specimen).

Head: Black; punctures fine but conspicuous, more or less densely distributed. Antennae: Brown to black; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A3 slightly triangular, A4- A10 serrate.

Pronotum: Black; very slightly dilated anteriorly, constricted towards base, with six gibbosities on disc and two gibbosities at base (in middle); finely and diffusely punctate; length:width ratio 1.64:1. Scutellum: Black-brown.

Elytra: Black, each elytron with a whitish transverse fasciae beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; fascia with narrow extension along suture towards apex; diameter of punctures larger than interstices, punctures within fascia small and sparsely distributed, punctures elongate behind fasciae; length:width ratio 2.03:1.

Legs: Black-brown to black.

Lower surface: Dark brown to black.

Vestiture: With whitish hairs.

Distribution: Congo.

Figures

FIGURE 14: Strotocera atripennis; FIGURE 15: Strotocera auratopilosa n. sp.; FIGURE 16: Strotocera bartletti n. sp.; FIGURE 17: Strotocera brevefasciata n. sp.; FIGURE 18: Strotocera carinata; FIGURE 19: Strotocera chicoi n. sp.

FIGURE 55: S. atripennis, aedeagus, terminal sternite FIGURE 56: S. atripennis, distribution map. and tergite.