Adoretus sebakuensis Péringuey, 1902

Limbourg, Pol, 2014, Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Rutelinae III (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Melolonthidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 17, pp. 1-33 : 1-33

Adoretus sebakuensis Péringuey, 1902

(Figs 26­ 27, 71)

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED: Lectotype ♂ of Adoretus sebakuensis Péringuey, 1902 present designation: Zimbabwe: [Rhodesia, Sebakwe] [ Adoretus sebakuensis Pér. , type] [50] [type SAM/ENT 2960] [Lectotype ♂ Adoretus sebakuensis Péringuey, 1902 des. Pol Limbourg 2005] ( SAMC).

Paralectotype ♀: [ Adoretus sebakuensis PER. , type ♀] [52] [type SAM/ENT 6040] [Paralectotype ♀ Adoretus sebakuensis Péringuey, 1902 des. Pol Limbourg 2005] ( SAMC).

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED: Tanzania: 1♂: Ukwene , X.1980, Leg. K. Mauler ( PCJM) ; Zambia: 1♂: Lusaka Prov., 9km S. Mulalika (S15°41’10’’/E028°43’52’’), 1065m, 24.XI.2010, Leg. S. Rojkoff ( PCSR) ; 4♂: Lusaka Prov., 9km S. Mulalika (S15°41’10’’/E028°43’52’’), 1065m, 24.XI.2010, Leg. M. François (2♂: RBINS; PCPL; PCMF) ; 1♂: Lusaka Pr., 9km E. Mulalika (S15°41’10’’/E028°43’52’’), 1100m, 24.XI.2010, southern Miombo woodland, light trap, F. Génier ( FGIC) ; 1♀: Lusaka, 17km NE Rufunsa , 700m (S 14°58’41’’E 29°44’31’’) 22.XI.2010, Leg. M. François ( PCPL) ; 1♂: Lusaka, 17km NE Rufunsa , 700M (S 14°58’41’’E 29°44’31’’), 22.XI.2010, Leg. M. François ( PCMF) ; 1♂: Ft. Jameson , 1332­ D­1, XI.1964 / W. F. H. Ansell, B. M. 1966­ 76 ( BMNH) ; 2♂, 1♀: Mwenga , 02.X.1914, H. C. Dollman ( BMNH) ; 1♂: Zimbabwe, Hwange N. Pk., Sinamatella , 05­ 06.XII.1988, Leg. Cresswell ( CMNH) ; Malawi: 1♂, 1♀: Northern Prov. , Likoma Is., 20.X.(19)64, T. N. Seeno Collector ( RBINS) ; Namibia: 2♂: Waterberg N. P., camp Bernabé de la Bat (20°30’S / 17°14’E), 19.XII.1993, lux, Leg. M. Uhlig ( MNHUB) ; 1♂: Kavango: Mahango Game Res. , piknic site (18°13’S / 21°45’E), 24.XI.1993, lux, Leg. M. Uhlig ( MNHUB) ; Republic of South Africa: 1♂: Lowveld reg., 300m, 10­ 25.IX.2008, Leg. J. Grosche & J. Rillich ( RBINS) ; 3♀: idem ( PCAR) ; 1♂: Natal, Pongola , XII.1986, Leg. Werner ( PCJM) ; 1♂: idem ( RBINS) ; 1♂: near Leydsdorp N.P., I­ II.1999, Leg. K. Werner ( RBINS) .

COMMENTS.

Adoretus cludtsi belongs to pulverulentus Laporte, 1840 group, here defined: great species:

♂:≥ 11.5 mm; ♀:≥ 12mm.

Body brown, totally covered by short close decumbent white scales.

♂: clypeus trapezoidal; ♀: clypeus rounded.

It is extremely similar to A. sebakuensis but can be distinguished by:

A. cludtsi A. sebakuensis

Presently known only from Kenya. Distributed from Tanzania to Republic of South Africa.

Aedeagus: parameres short and broad, apex forming Aedeagus: parameres more elongate, narrower to the 2 dorsal and 2 ventral curved processes; dorsal base, wider at middle; apex sinuate with short processes strongly sinuate and touching apically, yellowish setae, without processes (Figs 26­ 27).

apex pointed; ventral processes strongly sinuate,

apex squarish (Figs 23­ 25).