Strotocera versicolor ( Chevrolat, 1842 )

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 51-52

Strotocera versicolor ( Chevrolat, 1842)

(Figs. 35, 94–95)

Notoxus versicolor Chevrolat, 1842: 276 ; Schenkling 1906: 245; Schenkling 1907: 201 ( Thanasimus ). Philocalus formosa Boheman, 1851: 484 ; Schenkling 1907: 156; Schenkling 1908: 361; Schenkling 1909: 796. Strotocera orangica Kuwert, 1893: 468 (Cymatodera) ; Schenkling 1899: 334 ( Eucymatodera ); Schenkling 1902: 123

( Strotocera ); Schenkling 1906: 245. n. syn.

Specimens examined:

Holotype: 3. Caffra, ria., J. Wahlb, Type, Typus, NRM Sthlm, Loan 1887/08 ( NRM).

Holotype: Orange, Ex-Musaeo, A Kuwert, 1894, orangica Kuw , typus!, TYPE, Museum Paris, ex Coll., R. Oberthur (Ƥ, MNHN); Strotocera orangica n. syn.

Others: Waterval (=New Smithsburg), N-Tul., Nov. 1899, A.J.T. Sanse, Philocalus Rhodesianis, Pic 1912 (1 ex., CRG); South Africa: Mpumalanga, Der Brochen 1135m, 25.04S- 30.07E, 11.2.2002, E-Y: 3495, light trap, leg. Tm staff (1 ex., TMSA); RSA: Cape Province, Bontebok National Park, 14.–16.XI.1993, 34°04’S / 20°27’E, leg J. Deckert (1 ex., ZMB); DSW Afrika, Otjosondu, Casper S.G. (1 ex., ZMB); S.W. Africa: Okahandja., 1320m, 1.1934., K. Jordan, Strotocera, Ginter Ekis det. (1 ex, BMNH); South Africa, Transvaal, Zimthabi, 25 km E Thabazimbi, 24.32S 27.34E 2 Xi. i.1983, M.W. Mansell (1 ex., SANC); Schenkling det., Coll Kraatz, Kraatz det., Versicolor , Philocalus UNREADABLE, Chevr, Cap, DEI versicolor (1 ex., DEI); Bulawayo, XI.1913, Rhodesia Museum, versicolor Chevr., H. Andreae det. (1 ex., SAMC).

Pronotum: Red, base narrowly dark red to black-brown, slightly dilated anteriorly, slightly constricted towards base; coarsely wrinkled; length:width ratio 1.53:1.

Scutellum: Black.

Elytra: Basal third red, beneath humeral margin dark brown to black, each elytron with a whitish to yellowish lateral spot in the basal third and a whitish to yellow transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; remainder black; diameter of punctures mostly larger than interstices, behind fasciae impunctate; length:width ratio 2.5:1.

Legs: Dark red-brown.

Lower surface: Head and thorax light brown to red, around coxae turning into black, abdomen dark redbrown to black.

Vestiture: With yellowish to red-brown hairs.

Distribution: Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.