Diplocladus kuwerti ( Hintz, 1897 ) Hintz, 1897

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 13

Diplocladus kuwerti ( Hintz, 1897) n. comb.

(Figs. 7, 43–44)

Phloeocopus kuwerti Hintz, 1897: 286 .

Strotocera kuwerti ( Hintz, 1897) . Schenkling 1906: 245. n. comb.

Specimens examined:

Holotype: 3. Deutsch-Ostafrika, Pangive, Bose, Type, UNREADABLE, Kuwerti , Krz, Kuwerti , Hintz, Ex Musoeo, E. Hintz // Muséum Paris, 1952, Coll R. Oberthur, Type ( MNHN). Others: Ukerewe Ins., Victoria See, leg. Conrads, UNREADABLE, Strotocera spec., Pic det., Strotocera kuwerti ( DEI).

Length: 8.9mm – 9.7mm (2 specimen).

Head: Black; diffusely punctate.

Antennae: Brown; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A3 curved triangularly, lower parts very short.

Pronotum: Black; anterior half parallel, conspicuously constricted towards base; with six elevations on disc and two elevations at base (in middle); finely and diffusely punctate; length:width ratio 1.61:1. Scutellum: Dark red-brown.

Elytra: First half red-brown, each elytron with a whitish lateral spot in the basal third, remainder black with whitish transverse fasciae beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures at shoulder smaller, at disc larger than interstices, punctures elongate behind fascia; length:width ratio 2.38:1. Legs: Dark red-brown.

Lower surface: Head, pro- and mesothorax and abdomen dark red-brown to black, metathorax red-brown. Vestiture: With whitish hairs.

Distribution: Tanzania.