Strotocera flavofasciata ( Thomson, 1860 )

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 35

Strotocera flavofasciata ( Thomson, 1860)

(Figs. 23, 72–73)

Pallenis flavofasciatus Thomson, 1860: 48 ; Schenkling 1902: 213; Schenkling 1906: 245.

Specimens examined:

Lectotype: 3. Cap. Bo. Sp, Flavofasciata , Thoms. Mus. Sci. 60.48, Type, J. Thom., Ex Musaeo, JAMES THOMSON, TYPE (MNHN).

Paralectotypes: Cap des aiguilles, Type, J. Thom., Flavofasciata , Thoms. Mus. Sci. 60.48, Ex Musaeo, James Thomson, TYPE (1 3, MNHN); Type, J. Thom., Ex Musaeo, James Thomson, TYPE (1 3, MNHN); Others: Cape T., L.P., unique, to be returned, Strotocera orangica Kuw. ,? flavofasciata Thoms., H. Andreae det. (1 ex., SAMC); South Africa, CP, Waboomskraal, 33.52S 22.22E, 24.viii.1985, W. Breytenbach, WB 703, collected on flower of Helichrysum sp. (1 ex., SANC).

Length: 8.6mm – 11.5mm (5 specimens).

Head: Light brown to red-brown, wrinkled.

Antennae: Light brown to dark-brown; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A5–A10 serrate. Pronotum: Orange-brown, slightly dilated anteriorly, constricted towards base, coarsely wrinkled; length:width ratio 1.64:1.

Scutellum: Brown to dark red-brown.

Elytra: Basal third to half orange-brown, each elytron with a white lateral spot in the basal third, remainder brown with a whitish transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures as large as interstices or larger, impunctate behind fascia; length:width ratio 2.14:1.