Calliptamulus sulfurescens Uvarov, 1922

Calliptamulus sulfurescens: Uvarov, 1922:159; Johnston, 1956:429; Dirsh, 1956:223; Dirsh, 1956b:121–272, figs. 31. 1–3;

Dirsh, 1965:268; Johnston, 1968:199.

Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa, Free State, Bloemfontein . Type not examined.

Material. SOUTH AFRICA: Free State: 1m N Clarens (S28.4963, E28.4226) 23.ii.1962 coll. H.D. Brown, Furst— 1♂ (SANC) ; Eastern Cape: 20km NW Grahamstown (S33.2082, E26.3467) 03.i.1976 coll. H.D. Brown— 2♂ (SANC) ; Mpumalanga: 60m NE Ermelo (S25.900668, E30.674351) i.1962 coll. F. Pick— 1♀ (SANC); Bedford (S32.67878, E26.08756) 26.iv.1957 coll. A.L. Reyneke— 1♂ (SANC); Bloemfontein (S29.1177, E26.2178) 24.iv.1918 coll. Ch. K. Brain— 1♀ (SANC) ; Northern Cape: De Aar (S30.6524, E24.0106) 13.ii.1959 coll. H.D. Brown— 8♂, 5♀ (SANC); Doornberghoek, Middelburg (S31.4951, E25.0061) 20.iv.1939 — 1♂, 1♀ (SANC); Dullstroom, Verloren Valei NR (S25.3040, E30.1242) iii.1996 coll. A.J. Armstrong— 1♂, 1♀ (Transvaal Museum); Great Fish River Game Reserve, Ostrich Vlei T 3 (S32.9029, E26.7879) 13.ii.2001 coll. M. Pareja— 1♀ (Transvaal Museum) ; Transvaal, Lochiel (S26.1405, E30.7827) ii.1959 coll. G. van Son— 2♂ (SANC); Lydenburg (S25.5776, E30.1847) 14.i.1963 coll. A.L. Capener— 1♂ ; Smithfield District (S30.2017, E26.5259) 09.v.1917 — 1♂ (SANC); KwaZulu Natal, Yellow Woods, Balgowan (S29.3956, E30.0547) 18.i.1960 coll. Ch. K. Brain— 2♀ (Transvaal Museum).

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from South Africa (Uvarov 1922, Dirsh 1956b) and Lesotho (Dirsh 1956b).

Remarks. This genus was erected by Uvarov (1922) on the basis of its shape of prosternal tubercle and of its male genitalia, this genus is related to Calliptamicus . Its taxonomic status is not satisfactory, it has four possible undescribed species in the SANC collection.