Afroptera sabuleti ( Tjeder, 1967 ) Abdalla & Mansell & Sole, 2019

Abdalla, Ishtiag H., Mansell, Mervyn W. & Sole, Catherine L., 2019, Revision of the southern African genera Nemopterella Banks and Nemia Navás (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae), with descriptions of new genera and species, Zootaxa 4635 (1), pp. 1-89 : 74

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4635.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E1AC3BD4-6FCB-49F9-8069-624760C2CAF7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5922892

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DBDF51-A710-FFF9-FF0D-FF1C37D25BA0

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Plazi

scientific name

Afroptera sabuleti ( Tjeder, 1967 )
status

comb. nov.

Afroptera sabuleti ( Tjeder, 1967) comb. nov.

( Figs 72 View FIGURES 67–78 , 90 View FIGURES 90–95 , 114 View FIGURES 111–114 , 118 View FIGURES 115–122 , 153 View FIGURES 153–154 )

Synonymy

Nemopterella sabuleti Tjeder, 1967: 474 View in CoL .

Etymology. Unknown, but most likely to have been derived from the Latin word sabulet (sandy, sandstone, smoothed) referring to the sandy habitat from which the species was collected.

Type locality. South Africa, Northern Cape Province. Richtersveld, Brakfontein , 28°56’S 17°06’E GoogleMaps .

Type depository. TMSA .

Diagnosis. This species is very similar to A. munroi and A. nigrosetosa . It can be separated from A. munroi by the following combination of characters: A. sabuleti has distinct brown thoracic stripes, while in A. munroi the thoracic stripes are faint, also the hairs on the prescutum disc of A. sabuleti are black, while in A. munroi they are white. Afroptera sabuleti is further characterised by the distinct yellow body colour, while in A. munroi the colour is less pronounced. Afroptera sabuleti also has slender, less acute forewings and smaller eyes. Comparisons between A. sabuleti and A. nigrosetosa are provided under the diagnosis of A. nigrosetosa .

Size (mm). Male: body length 10.4 (10–10.7); forewing 23.2 (22.9–23.4); hind wing: 54 (49.6–56); antenna 20.4 (19.2–21.6); Female: body length 10.9 (10.7–11); forewing 20.3 (19.7–24); hind wing 46 (43.2–54); antenna 11.3 (11–11.5). (N = 4).

Type material examined. SOUTH AFRICA, Northern Cape Province. Holotype ♂ ( Fig. 114 View FIGURES 111–114 ), TMSA00728 View Materials , HOLOTYPE Neu 060, Nemopterella sabuleti Tjeder (red printed label) / Brakfontein, Richtersveld [28°56’S 17°06’E], 20.X.1933, G.van Son (white handwritten label) GoogleMaps / Holotypus ♂, Nemopterella sabuleti Tjed., Bo Tjeder 1966 (red handwritten label). Paratype: 1♀, same data as holotype. (Both TMSA) GoogleMaps .

Other material examined. SOUTH AFRICA, Northern Cape Province. 1♂ 1♀, TMSA00770 View Materials , Richtersveld, Eksteinfontein Valley , [28°50’S 17°15’E], 28.ix.1991, M.Krüger GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 1♀, Richtersveld, Brakfontein [28°56’S 17°06’E], 20.x.1933, G.van Son. (All TMSA) GoogleMaps .

Distribution and habitat. This species is limited to a small range of distribution within the Succulent Karoo Biome in the Northern Cape Province ( Fig. 153 View FIGURES 153–154 ). The known distribution falls mainly within the Lekkersing Succulent Shrubland in the Richtersveld Bioregion ( Mucina & Rutherford 2006). This habitat is dominated by dwarf leaf-succulents, small trees, herbaceous climbers and geophytic herbs. The area receives predominantly winter rains with an average of 60–120 mm per year ( Mucina & Rutherford 2006).

TMSA

Transvaal Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Nemopteridae

Genus

Afroptera

Loc

Afroptera sabuleti ( Tjeder, 1967 )

Abdalla, Ishtiag H., Mansell, Mervyn W. & Sole, Catherine L. 2019
2019
Loc

Nemopterella sabuleti

Tjeder, B. 1967: 474
1967
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