Kartinikus australis Attems, 1914

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Kartinikus australis Attems, 1914

Figs 50, 51

Kartinikus australis: Attems 1914 a: 127–128 , figs 135, 136; 1928: 342; 1934 a: 193; 1950: 216; Kraus 1958:

67; Schubart 1966: 98; Krabbe 1982: 154; Hamer 1998: 50.

Charactopygus frequens: Attems 1938: 256–258 , figs 26, 27; 1950: 216.

Epistreptus (Epistreptus) australis: Attems 1950: 216 .

Scaphiostreptus freqens: Attems 1950: 229 .

Epistreptus australis: Attems 1953: 117 .

Diagnosis: Paraprocts with a broad bulge. Tip of slender solenomere broadened, with a wide process ( Fig. 50).

Description:

Head: Presbasilare of gnathochilarium incised ( Fig. 51, pb), without cardines. Antenna relatively stout.

Legs: Pads of legs seem to be surrounded by faint bulge.

Gonopods: Median lamella of telocoxite shorter than lateral lamella; the latter with horizontal and apically narrowed lateral conus ( Fig. 50, lc). Femoral process originating proximal to knee in the gonocoel ( Fig. 50, fp). Tip of slender solenomere broadened, with a broad process ( Fig. 50, s).

Holotype (examined): ♂ NAMIBIA: ‘ South West Africa’ ( ZMHB 1460 ).

Distribution: The type locality is simply labelled as “South West Africa”. The species has been recorded from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Attems 1935) and Ruanda ( Krabbe 1982). Schubart (1966) doubted whether K. australis really occurs in Namibia and it has not been recorded in the country since the type material was collected.

Remark: The only congener is Kartinikus colonus Attems, 1914 , from Cameroon.