Diplocladus bipunctatus Gerstmeier & Weiss, n. sp.

(Figs 4, 39)

Specimens examined:

Holotype: Ƥ. Kenya, Bura; Taita Region; Werner leg. I.91 (CRG).

Length: 16mm (1 specimen).

Head: Black; finely punctate to wrinkled.

Antennae: Dark reddish brown to black (only a part of the right antenna is present). Pronotum: Black; anterior half subparallel, conspicuously constricted towards base; apex narrowly wrinkled medially, anterior margin to transverse depression diffusely punctate, coarsley wrinkled behind transverse depression; disc with two patches of white hairs; length:width ratio 1.4:1. Scutellum: Black.

Elytra: Basal third reddish brown, remainder black with two whitish spots on each elytron behind middle; diameter of punctures larger than interstices, surface behind white spots impunctate; length:width ratio 2.45:1. Legs: Black.

Lower surface: Head and prothorax red-brown to black, meso- and metathorax dark red-brown, abdomen black-brown.

Vestiture: Head with whitish hairs, pronotal margins vested with white hairs, disc of pronotum and elytra with reddish to black-brown, lower surface with whitish hairs.

Distribution: Kenya.

Etymology: Named after the two white spots on each elytron.