Strotocera similis Gerstmeier & Weiss

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 46

Strotocera similis Gerstmeier & Weiss , n. sp.

( Figs. 32 , 88 –89)

Specimens examined:

Holotype: 3. South Africa, N Cape Prov. Tswalu Nat Res, 1166m, 27.18S – 22.26E ( TMSA).

Length: 8mm (1 specimen).

Head: Dark reddish brown to black; finely and diffusely punctate.

Antennae: Dark reddish brown; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A4–A10 serrate. Pronotum: Dark reddish brown to black; slightly punctate; anterior half subparallel, conspicuously constricted towards base, with four elevations on disc; finely and diffusely punctate; length:width ratio 1.62:1. Scutellum: Dark red-brown.

Elytra: Dark reddish brown to black, each elytron with a whitish lateral spot in the basal third and a yellowbrown transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins, fascia with a short extension towards base, apex brown; diameter of punctures smaller or larger than interstices, punctures elongate behind fasciae, impunctate towards apex; length:width ratio 2.62:1.

Legs: Dark reddish brown to black.

Lower surface: Head and thorax dark red-brown, abdomen brown to light brown. Vestiture: With yellowish hairs.

Distribution: South Africa.

Etymology: This name indicates a superficial similarity between this species and S. elegantula , one of the typically coloured Strotocera species.

Figures

FIGURE 32: Strotocera similis n. sp.; FIGURE 33: Strotocera topolinae n. sp.; FIGURE 34: Strotocera vaneyeni; FIGURE 35: Strotocera versicolor; FIGURE 36: Strotocera werneri n. sp.

FIGURE 88: S. similis, aedeagus, terminal sternite and FIGURE 89: S. similis, distribution map. tergite.