Dozocolletus Chevrolat, 1842

Roland, Gerstmeier & Jonas, Eberle, 2011, Definition and Revision of the Orthrius-group of genera (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), ZooKeys 92, pp. 35-60 : 40

Dozocolletus Chevrolat, 1842 Figs 1331404960

Brinckodes Winkler, 1960 syn. n.; Winkler 1960: 130.

Quasibrinckodes Winkler, 1960 syn. n.; Winkler 1960: 134.

Type species:

Dozocolletus oblongus Chevrolat, 1842. Chevrolat 1842: 278; Lacordaire 1857: 442; Schenkling 1903: 28, 38.

Distribution:

Aethiopian region (southern Africa).

Material examined:

Dozocolletus discophorus (Boheman, 1851)(Type), Caffraria, J. Wahlb, Type. Dozocolletus puberulus (Boheman, 1851)(Type), Caffraria, J. Wahlb, Type. Dozocolletus oblongus Chevrolat, 1842, Pretoria, 2.XII.1963, leg. A.L. Capener (all NRM). Brinckodes apterus Winkler, 1960 (Holotype and two Paratypes), S. Afr. Transvaal, 16 miles NE of Pretoria, Oct.-Nov. 1954, G. Rudebeck; Brinckodes apterus n.g., n.sp., Det. J.R. Winkler, 1959. Brinckodes apterus ab. ater Winkler, 1960 (Holotype), S. Afr. Transvaal, 16 miles NE of Pretoria, Oct.-Nov. 1954, G. Rudebeck; Brinckodes apterus n.g., n.sp., n.ab., Det. J.R. Winkler 1959. Quasibrinckodes pictus Winkler, 1960 (Holotype), 8200 ft.; S. Afr. Cape Prov., Drakensbergen, 8 miles ENE Rhodes, 10.III.51, No 223; Swedish South Africa Expedition, 1950-1951, Brinck - Rudebeck; Quasibrinckodes pictus n.g., n.sp., Det. J.R. Winkler 1959, Holotypus (all MZLU).

Description

Head:

Eyes protruding, very slightly emarginate at antennal insertion; interocular space two to three eye widths; gular sutures converging, gular process broad; antennae long, A1 large, stout, almost twice as long as A2, A2 shorter than A3, A3-A8 filiform, antennomeres becoming shorter, A9 short, transverse, A10 larger than A9, transverse, A11 approximately equal in length to A9+A10, sub-ovate, apical half pinched, terminal three antennomeres forming a distinct club.

Thorax:

Pronotum conspicuously constricted towards base, without transverse impression, proepimeron short to medium-sized, not acute; anterior mesosternal process present, broadly bent, proepimeron broad, short; metendosternite with very short furcal stalk, stalk base broad, with a deep emargination, furcal arms long, acute distally (Fig. 13). Elytra short, elytral base strongly constricted, broadest behind middle, apices rounded, elytral punctation arranged into ten striae; wingless.

Legs:

Relatively short, stout; femora conspicuously thickened (especially profemora); tarsal pulvillar formula 4-4-4, tibial spur formula 2-2-2; tibiae with longitudinal carinae; claws simple, stout.

Abdomen:

Apical margin of male ventrite 6 not emarginate (Fig. 49); tegmen relatively broad, phallobasic struts fused, phallic struts broad, dilated distally, phallobasic apodeme not dilated distally (Fig. 40).