Afrophisis tanzanica Jin & Kevan (1991) (Fig. 15 A–C, Fig. 16 A, B)

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Material viewed: 3 males, 4 females, East Usambara Mountains, Kwamgumi forest reserve, 4° 57´S 38° 45´E, November 1995. leg. McKamey et al. Depository: ZMUC.

Description.—Female. General habitus and size as male; see description Jin & Kevan (1991). Antennae 5–6 cm long. Ovipositor slender and long, slightly up-curved (Fig. 16 A). Subgenital plate as in Fig. 16 B.

Measurements, males (mm) (N = 3). Body length 11–15. Length of pronotum 3.6–3.9. Length of elytra 15–16. Length of hind femur 11–12.5.

Measurements, females (mm) (N = 4). Body length 13–19.5. Length of pronotum 3.6–4.0. Length of elytra 16– 19. Length of hind femur 13.5–19. Length of ovipositor 12.5–13.

Distribution: Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains (Jin & Kevan 1991).

Ecology & Biology: Canopy dweller, nightactive, predaceous.

Habitat: Lowland and submontane everygreen forest.

Remarks: In the holotype of A. tanzanica the supra-anal plate is damaged and flexed at its middle part. This is depicted in Jin & Kevan (1991), p. 324, Fig 2 e. However, since more material is available now it became clear that the supra-anal plate is evenly stretched backwards (see Fig. 15 B). The genitalic sclerites (regarded as paraprocts in Jin & Kevan 1991) are situated beneath the supraanal plate and the elongated subgenital plate.