Haptomerus mashunus Marshall, 1908

Haptomerus mashunus Marshall, 1908: 24 . Schenkling & Marshall 1931: 5.

Haptomerus mashuanus (lapsus): Osella et al. 1998: 231.

Material examined. 2 specimens (BMNH): 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Type [p, rounded with red margin] / Salisbury, Mashonaland, Jan. 1906, G. A. K. Marshall, 1909-39. [hw] / Haptomerus mashunus, Mshl . TYPE ♂ [hw, Marshall´s handwriting, ♀ in second specimen]. 1 spec., Mashonaland [Zimbabwe], Salisbury, G. A. K. Marshall (BMNH) ; 2 spec., Mashonaland [Zimbabwe], Salisbury, March 1906, G. A. K. Marshall (BMNH) ; 90 spec., Nyasaland [Malawi], Plateau on Mlanji Mt., 6,000-7,000 ft. [1 830-2 130 m], 1-2 May 1910, S. A. Neave [lgt.] (BMNH) ; 1 ♀, Malawi, Dedza, 19.-22.iii.2000, B. Malec lgt. (BMSC) .

Remarks. Specimens from the Mlanje Plateau of Malawi have a smoother, shinier and less distinctly punctate pronotum and elytra, but in all other characters they agree with the type specimens from Salisbury. The species is here newly recorded for Malawi.