Parodontomelus arachniformis Jago, 1983

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Parodontomelus arachniformis Jago, 1983

Parodontomelus arachniformis Jago, 1983b: 108.

Material.

-Holotype male arachniformis : TANZANIA: E. Usambara Mts., Kwamkora For. Res., 7. IV. 1966, N.D. Jago (NHMUK).

Description.

-As in key above. Jago (1983) writes of male "Colour distinctive. Antennae black. Area between lateral carinae of frons grey or ochre, a band from base of antennae across genae being light brown to cream (sometimes fading on genae). Body with light brown dorsal stripe. Laterally dark brown stripe on head, as deep as eye, extending across lateral lobe of pronotum and occupying about upper two thirds of that lobe, or reduced in depth across head and forming black band across upper fifth of pronotal lateral lobe. Hind femora light brown, olivaceous externally, orange below and with apical quarter black. Hind tibiae black with black spines". The female coloration is however variable. Hochkirch (1998) figures the epiphallic lophi of five species of the genus, showing differences in their outlines.

Distribution.

-TANZANIA: E. Usambara Mts.; Zanzibar: Bububu; Coast region: Mafia district: Utende; KENYA: Shimba Hills, Jilore Forest, W. of Malindi; Mrima Hill Forest, S. of Kakoneni.