Tremapterus (Selenion) longicaudatus sp. nov.

Etymology. longi-, elongate; caudatus (adjective), tailed.

Diagnosis. Tawny, faintly marked with brown lines along legs and on muscle arcs of frons; dark brown dots on tegmina forming 2 indefinite bands across corium and cloud at base of clavi. Male as in Nyanja, but theca with convex caudoventral margin, dorsal arm slender and elongate. Length: ♂ 4.5 mm; ♀ 4.9–5.6 mm. Ovipositor with 2nd valvulae 1.2 mm long.

Types. Holotype ♀, SOUTH AFRICA: Beacon Bay, East London, 22 Jan. 1976 (R.E. Parrott); No. 21115 in CNCI. Paratypes: 1♂, 2♀♀, Port St. John, Pondoland, 5–30 April 1923 (R.E. Turner) Brit. Mus. 1923-286; 1♀, same data, 25 March, Brit. Mus. 1923-241; 1♀, same data, 1–17 May, Brit. Mus. 1923-177; 3♀♀, Umkomaas, Natal, July 1941 (A.L. Capener) Brit. Mus. 1952-254; 1♀, same data, B.M. 1948-536.