Blepharidina carinata (Bryant)

(Figs 4, 35, 41, 56, 69)

Blepharida carinata Bryant, 1944: 137; Ferreira 1965: 941

Blepharidina carinata (Bryant): Biondi et al. 2017: 129, 142

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂ (Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “ Angola 76-28, G.E. Bryant ” (BMNH) . Paralectotypes: same data as lectotype, 1 ♀ (BMNH). Additional material examined in Appendix 1 .

Taxonomic observations. Blepharidina carinata can be attributed to the species group including B. bimbiensis, B. guttulata, B. partita, B. rudeli, and, probably, B. sedecimguttata (Figs 2, 4, 6, 16, 19) (see the paragraph “Taxonomic observations” in B. bimbiensis). However, it can be easily identified by the: singular color pattern, with black elytral striae and yellowish interstriae (Fig. 4); distinctly carinate interstriae (Fig. 35). About the aedeagus, B. carinata is very similar to B. partita (Figs 41, 52), but it is easily distinguishable by the median lobe more evenly curved laterally in ventral view. The spermatheca is characteristic by the co-presence of a distinctly elongate, hook-shaped distal part and a moderately globose basal part (Figs 56, 58, 63–64, 67). Morphometry in Appendix 2.

Distribution. Angola (Fig. 69). Possibly Central Afrotropical (CAT) chorotype.

Ecological notes. Not available. The collection site falls within the area of Miombo & Associated Broadleaf

Savanna vegetation (belonging to the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland formation).