Aphelochroa Quedenfeldt, 1885

Roland, Gerstmeier & Jonas, Eberle, 2011, Definition and Revision of the Orthrius-group of genera (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), ZooKeys 92, pp. 35-60 : 38-40

Aphelochroa Quedenfeldt, 1885 Figs 112129384758

Burgeonus Pic, 1950 syn. n.; Pic 1950: 158.

Type species:

Aphelochroa carneipennis Quedenfeldt, 1885. Quedenfeldt 1885: 267; Kraatz 1899: 86; Schenkling 1902: 326; Schenkling 1903: 29, 57; Mawdsley 1994: 128; Mawdsley and Sithole 2010: 1.

Distribution:

Aethiopian region.

Material examined:

Aphelochroa sanguinea (Thomson, 1857), Kenya, Voi, Sagala Region, 12.1991, leg. K. Werner. Aphelochroa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1852), Congo, VIII.1959, Albertville. Aphelochroa fulva Kraatz, 1899, Kenya, Meru Distr., Materi (Mitunguu), mt. 800, R. Mourglia legit; and several other specimens of this genus (all RGCM). Burgeonus freynei Pic, 1950 (Holotype), Coll. Mus. Congo, Lulua: Luashi, XI-1938, F. Freyne; R. DET., X., 5621; desiré; Burgeonus freynei n sp [handwritten by Pic](MRAC).

Description

Head:

Eyes strongly protruding, only slightly emarginate at antennal insertion; interocular space more than one eye width; gular sutures converging, gular process broad; A1 large, stout, almost twice as long as A2, A2 shorter than A3, A3-A8 filiform, antennomeres becoming shorter, A9 dilated distally, A10 broader than long, A11 sub-ovate, apical third pinched, terminal three antennomeres forming a loose club.

Thorax:

Proepimeron short, not acute; anterior mesosternal process absent; proepimeron short; metendosternite with normal furcal stalk, short, normal furcal arms and very slightly emarginate stalk base (Fig. 11). Elytra long, subparallel, broadest behind middle, apices broadly rounded, elytral punctation not arranged into striae.

Legs:

Of normal size, stout; tarsal pulvillar formula 4-4-3, tibial spur formula 1-2-2; tibiae with longitudinal carinae; claws simple.

Abdomen:

Apical margin of male ventrite 6 distinctly emarginate (Fig. 47); tegmen slender, tapering to a curved acumination distally, phallic struts acuminate, not fused, phallobasic apodeme slightly dilated distally (Fig. 38).