Alphitobius karrooensis Koch, 1953

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Grimm, Roland, 2014, The genus Alphitobius Stephens (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alphitobiini) in Africa and adjacent islands, ZooKeys 415, pp. 169-190 : 176

Alphitobius karrooensis Koch, 1953 Figs 13, 24

Type specimens examined.

Eastern Cape, Willowmore, 20.III.1919, leg. H. Brauns, holotype, 3 paratypes TMSA.

New material.

Tanzania, Tabora, leg. Holtz, 1 ex. MNB (det. Bremer as Alphitobius leleupi ). - Zambia, Western Prov., 3.8 km E Namushakende, 1100 m, 29.XI.2010, leg. F. Génier, 1 ex. CNC. - Zambia, Western Prov., 7 km S Mukokwa, 1100 m, 1.XII.2010, leg. F. Génier, 1 ex. CNC, 1 ex. SMNS. - Botswana, Okavango, Thamalakane, XII.1973, leg. P. Reavel, 1 ex. CRG. - Botswana, Chizwina, Francistown-Mosetse, 5.V.1995, leg. J. Harrison, 1 ex. SMNS. - Namibia (labelled as S. W. Africa), 3 miles NE Waterberg, 1420 m, 21.XII.1966, leg. E. S. Ross & K. Lorenzen, 1 ex. CRA. - Namibia (labelled as S. W. Africa), Okahandja, Farm Okaundua, 21.-29.XI.1933, leg. W. Krieg, 1 ex. NHMB. - South Africa, Northwest Prov., Bloemhof, 24.IV.1961, leg. F. Zumpt, 2 ex. NHMB. - South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok Park, Nossob River, V.1956, TMSA Expedition, 12 ex. TMSA, 2 ex. SMNS. - South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbock Park, Mata-Mata, 18.XII.1974, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 1 ex. TMSA. - South Africa, Limpopo, Waterberg, Geelhoutbush Farm, 3.X.1995, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga & C. Bellamy, 2 ex. TMSA. - South Africa, Northern Cape, Garies, 14.XI.1948, leg. C. Koch, 1 ex. TMSA. - South Africa, Northern Cape, Witsand NR, 1160 m, 5.II.2012, leg. R. Müller, 1 ex. TMSA. - South Africa, Eastern Cape, Willowmore, I.1954, leg. F. Zumpt, 7 ex. NHMB, 2 ex. SMNS.

Type locality.

“Willowmore”.

Distribution.

South Africa ( Koch 1953); Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia (new records).