Blepharidina knighti (Bryant)

(Figs 11, 30, 47, 69)

Blepharidella knighti Bryant, 1945: 339

Blepharidina knighti (Bryant): Biondi et al. 2017: 131, 143

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂ (Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “ Kenya Colony, Makuyu (0°49′39''S, 37°13′59''E), iii–v.1937, C.D. Knight ” (BMNH). Additional material examined in Appendix 1.

Taxonomic observations. Blepharidina knighti is recognizable from other similarly-sized species by the following combination of characters: pronotum with clearly sinuate lateral margin (Fig. 30); elytra comparatively elongate (Fig. 11); elytral striae clearly darkened (Fig. 11); aedeagus (Fig. 47), with very elongate and slightly carinate dorsal ligula. No females are known for this species. Morphometry in Appendix 2.

Distribution. Kenya (Fig. 69). Possibly Northern–Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype.

Ecological notes. Not available. The collection sites fall within the area of Afromontane Moist Forest vegetation (belonging to the Tropical Montane Humid Forest formation), and Eastern African Xeric Scrub (belonging to the Warm Desert & Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland formation).