Candezea salisburiensis Jacoby, 1899: 378 3463 Bolz, Helmut Wagner, Thomas Zootaxa 2012 2012-09-07 3463 1 112 (Jacoby, 1899) Bolz & Wagner 2012 Jacoby 1899 [151,702,151,177] Insecta Chrysomelidae Neobarombiella GBIF Animalia Coleoptera 37 38 Arthropoda species salisburiensis comb. nov.  ( Figs 54–57)      Candezea salisburiensis Jacoby, 1899: 378.  Total length.3.00– 5.45 mm(mean: 4.28 mm) (n=12).   Head.Head, labial and maxillary palpi yellowish-brown or reddish-brown. Antennomeres short and broad, four basal antennomeres yellow, following antennomeres brown ( Fig. 54); length of second to third antennomere 0.72–0.83 (mean: 0.77), and length of third to fourth antennomere 0.75–0.85 (mean: 0.80; Fig. 56). Eyes small and widely separated ( Fig. 54), width of eye to interocular distance 0.47–0.56 (mean: 0.51).   FIGURES 54–56.  Neobarombiella salisburiensis( Jacoby, 1899). FIGURE 54. Dorsal view; FIGURE 55. Aedeagus, a—ventral, b—dorsal, c—lateral; FIGURE 56. Antennomeres 1–4 of two different males (a, b) and two different females (c, d).  Thorax.Pronotum yellowish- or reddish-brown; indistinctly punctuated; trapezoidal, pronotal width 1.18–1.86 mm(mean: 1.55 mm), pronotal length 0.62–1.04 mm(mean: 0.84 mm), and pronotal length to width 0.52–0.57 (mean: 0.54). Elytron metallic greenish or bluey-black with reddish-brown apex; coarsely punctuated; elytral length 2.25–4.15 mm(mean: 3.26 mm), elytral width 1.60–2.70 mm(mean: 2.17 mm), and maximal width of both elytra to length of elytron 0.63–0.71 (mean: 0.68; Fig. 54). Meso- and metathorax dark brown; legs brownish-yellow, metatibia twice as long as basi-metatarsus, and length of basi-metatarsus to metatibia 0.42–0.49 (mean: 0.45).  Abdomen.Entirely yellowish-brown or dark brown.  Male genitalia.Median lobe short, slender, and parallel-sided, broad and bucket-like apically, with small angled, slightly slerotised projections besides apical incision ( Fig. 55); apex strongly sclerotized in lateral view; endophallic brush not protruding, basal orifice rectangular in ventral view.   Diagnosis.  Neobarombiella salisburiensiscan be best identified by its characteristic metallic greenish or blueish colouring and coarse elytral punctuation. Although  N. nigritaand  N. punctatolineataare similar to  N. salisburiensisin appearance, they have no metallic colouring. Short, broad elytron are also characteristic of  N. nigrita, width of both elytra to length of elytron 0.72–0.82 (mean: 0.77) (  N. salisburiensis0.63–0.71 (mean: 0.68); Figs 24, 54), whereas  N. punctatolineatahas elytral punctuation arranged in short striae and it has a short second antennomere, length of second to third antennomere 0.56–0.71 (mean: 0.62) (length of second to third antennomere in  N. salisburiensis0.72–0.83 (mean: 0.77); Figs 50, 56).  Neobarombiella nigrocaeruleais similar to  N. salisburiensisin appearance, having a yellow to yellowish-red pronotum and dark metallic elytra, but different in that its elytron only have microsculpture. Its second antennomere is only half to two-thirds as long as the third antennomere, length of second to third antennomere 0.50–0.65 (mean: 0.57) (length of second to third antennomere in  N. salisburiensis0.72–0.83 (mean: 0.77); Figs 35, 56). Two other species, namely  N. mendicaand  N. apicalis, also resemble  N. salisburiensis, in having reddish or yellowish-brown pronotal colouring, but only  N. mendicaoccurs sympatrically with  N. salisburiensis. Neobarombiella apicalisis known from the Democratic Republic of the Congoand the vicinity of the Albertine Rift ( Figs 57, 68, 109); the elytron of  N. mendicaare a glossy black, and those of  N. apicalisdark metallic green or bluey, but both have a red or brownish-red apical tip; the third antennomere in  N. mendicais only half as long as the fourth, length of third to fourth antennomere 0.44–0.57 (mean: 0.50) (  N. salisburiensis0.75–0.85 (mean: 0.80); Figs 56, 67); the pronotum in  N. mendicais on average shorter and broader, pronotal length to width 0.45–0.54 (mean: 0.50) (0.52–0.57 (mean: 0.54) in  N. salisburiensis) ( Figs 54, 65).   Distribution:Recorded from Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwein southern Africa, and from southern Tanzania( Fig. 57).   Type material examined.  Lectotype, female: “Salisbury, Dec. 97 / Candezea, salisburiensis, Jac./ Jacoby Coll., 1909-28a. / Type / AfriGa, specimen ID: 1121, specimen data, documented,  15.II.2005” ( BMNH; Fig. 58). Twelve specimens collected by Marshallfrom the type locality are available, and a lectotypeis here designated. Type locality: Zimbabwe, Salisbury, 17°50'S/ 31°03'E.—  Paralectotypes: 11 specimenswith the same label data as the lectotype are paralectotypes( BMNH). Other material examined.   Namibia. 1 ex., Ongongo Falls, 19°08'S/ 13°49'E, F. Koch,  II.1995( MNHU).—   South Africa. 4 ex., Charters Creek Game Reserve, 28°12'S/ 32°25'E, C. Chaboo& E. Grobbelaar,    I.2006( SANC);  1 ex., Zululand, Empangeni Univ., 28°45'S/ 31°54'E, P. E. Reavell,   II.1975( TMSA);  1 ex., Harrismith, 28°17'S/ 29°08'E, H. K. Munro,  XII.1950 ( SANC);  1 ex., Natal, Malvern, 29°53'S/ 30°55'E, G. A. K. Marshall, 1908 ( BMNH);  1 ex., KwaZulu-Natal, St. Lucia Park, 28°12'S/ 32°25'E, F. Koch,   II.1995( MNHU).—   Tanzania. 3 ex., Usangu Dist., 9°17'S/ 33°27'E, S. A. Neave, XI.– XII.1910( BMNH);  2 ex., Ulleheland, Kidugala, 5°39'S/ 32°45'E( BMNH).—   Zimbabwe. 8 ex., Salisbury, 17°50'S/ 31°03'E, 1897–1898 ( BMNH);  6 ex., Salisbury, G. A. K. Marshall, 1908 ( BMNH). 2005-02-15 BMNH Marshall Zimbabwe -17.833334 Salisbury 1277 31.05 38 39 2 lectotype 2005-02-15 BMNH Marshall Zimbabwe -17.833334 Salisbury 1277 31.05 38 39 11 paralectotype 1995-02 MNHU F. Koch Namibia -19.133333 Ongongo Falls 1273 13.816667 38 39 1 [290,1432,2010,2035] C. Chaboo & E. Grobbelaar South Africa -28.2 Charters Creek Game Reserve 1233 32.416668 38 39 4 [151,333,151,175] 2006-01 SANC 39 40 1 [351,1138,151,175] P. E. Reavell -28.75 Zululand 1230 31.9 Empangeni Univ. 39 40 1 [1156,1350,151,175] 1975-02 TMSA 39 40 1 XII H. K. Munro -28.283333 Harrismith 1233 29.133333 39 40 1 BMNH G. A. K. Marshall -29.883333 Natal 1224 30.916666 Malvern 39 40 1 [489,1328,223,247] F. Koch -28.2 KwaZulu-Natal 1233 32.416668 St. Lucia Park 39 40 1 1995-02 MNHU 39 40 1 [290,1045,259,284] S. A. Neave Tanzania -9.283334 Usangu Dist. 1300 33.45 39 40 3 BMNH Tanzania -5.65 Ulleheland 1305 32.75 Kidugala 39 40 2 BMNH Zimbabwe -17.833334 Salisbury 1277 31.05 39 40 8 [268,837,332,356] BMNH Salisbury, G. A. K & Marshall Zimbabwe 39 40 6