Afroptilum boettgeri

= Xyrodromeus africanu s, syn. n.

The Afrotropical species under the name Centroptilum boettgeri Kopelke 1980 was originally described as male and female imagines (Kopelke 1980a) and eggs (Kopelke 1980b) from Zaire (recently DR Congo). Subsequently, Gillies (1990) moved this species in the newly established genus Afroptilum Gillies 1990 . The species Xyrodromeus africanus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1997a (the type species of Xyrodromeus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1997) was originally described as larvae from Kenya; according to the original description, it corresponds to the larvae described from Kenya and Uganda as « Centroptilum sp. 2 » by Demoulin (1964a). Imagines corresponding to the description of Afroptilum boettgeri were reared from larvae corresponding to the description of Xyrodromeus africanus; this allows to conclude that these two names belong to one and the same species.

Material examined: UGANDA: Kasese District, Rwenzori Mountains, basin of Mubuku River, Ruboni camp, 28.VII–6.VIII.2007, coll. N. Kluge: 3 L-S-I ♂, 1 L-S-I ♀, 1 L-S ♀, 1 I ♂, 17 L; Kasese District., Rwenzori Mountains, Kilembe and Ibanda, 14–20.VIII.2007, coll. N. Kluge: 5 L; Bundibugyo District, Rwenzori Mountains, 23.VIII.2007, coll. N. Kluge: 5 L ; Kapchorwa District, Elgon Mount, Sipi Falls, 25–31.VIII.2007, coll. N. Kluge: 8 L.