Strotocera nitida Schenkling, 1908

Gerstmeier, Roland & Weiss, Ingmar, 2009, Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae), Zootaxa 2242, pp. 1-54 : 43

Strotocera nitida Schenkling, 1908

(Figs. 29, 82–83)

Strotocera nitida Schenkling, 1908: 361 .

Specimens examined:

Holotype: 3. Mundamo, [Kam.] R. Rohde, Coll. Kraatz, Schenkling det., Holotypus, DEI Eberswalde, coll. DEI, Müncheberg, Strotocera nitida, Schklg. ( DEI).

Length: 11mm (1 specimen).

Head: Black, finely and diffusely punctate.

Antennae: Dark brown; not reaching base of pronotum when laid alongside; A6–A10 serrate. Pronotum: Black; anterior half subparallel, constricted towards base, with four elevations on disc; finely and diffusely punctate; length:width ratio 1.48:1.

Scutellum: Dark brown.

Elytra: Black; each elytron with a yellow lateral spot in the basal third, remainder brown with a yellow transverse fascia beyond middle spanning from lateral to sutural margins; diameter of punctures larger or as large as interstices, punctures within fasciae small, punctures elongate behind fasciae; with white to yellowish hairs; length:width ratio 2.16:1.

Legs: Black-brown.

Lower surface: Head and thorax dark brown to black-brown, abdomen reddish-brown to brown, abdominal metacoxal process light brown.

Vestiture: With whitish to yellowish hairs.

Distribution: Cameroon.