Porthetis carinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs. 1-3)

Material examined: 11 specimens. South Africa (3♂); South Africa, Transvaal (1♂, 2♀) ; Mozambique, Laurenzo Marques (= Maputo) (3♀) (MNHN) ; South Africa, Cape Town 1894, P. La Garde (1♀) ; South Africa, Cape Town, Prince Albert Rd. 26.XI-4.XII.1931 (1♂) (MZUR) .

Remarks. Only one species is known in the genus Porthetis Serville, 1831; it is distributed in southern Africa, and the presence in the south of Mozambique was expected. P. carinata has the typical stridulatory system of some Porthetinae, consisting of the presence of bristles on the inner ventral side of the hind femora, the wrinkled Krauss’ organ and an inflated wrinkled area below it (Figs. 1-3) (see below the discussion on the stridulatory system of Porthetinae).