Revision of the southern African genera Nemopterella Banks and Nemia Navás (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae), with descriptions of new genera and species
Author
Abdalla, Ishtiag H.
Author
Mansell, Mervyn W.
Author
Sole, Catherine L.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-12
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Afroptera dyscrita
(
Tjeder, 1967
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs 77
,
102
,
129
,
133
,
151
)
Synonymy
Nemopterella dyscrita
Tjeder, 1967: 467
.
Etymology
. Unknown.
Type
locality
.
SOUTH AFRICA
,
Northern Cape Province
.
Pofadder
,
29°08’S
19°24’E
.
Type
depository.
SAMC
.
Diagnosis.
Afroptera dyscrita
is most closely related to
A. bitis
. Similarity and differences between these two species are provided in the diagnosis of
A. bitis
.
Size
(mm). Male: body length 8.7 (8–10.3); forewing 21.4 (20.6–23.2); hind wing 46.2 (42.5–50.8); antenna 15.3 (14.6–16.7); Female: body length 10.9 (10–12.2); forewing 22.8 (21.1–25.9); hind wing 48.2 (43–54); antenna 15.2 (13.3–15.9). (N = 27)
Type material examined
.
SOUTH AFRICA
,
Northern Cape Province
.
Holotype
♂
(
Fig. 129
), SAM–NEU– A001249 /
Holotypus
Nemopterella dyscrita
Tjed, Bo Tjeder 1966
(red handwritten label) / Pofadder, Bushmanland,
Oct. 1939
, Museum Staff (white printed label).
Allotype
♀
, SAM–NEU–A001250 /
Allotypus
♀
Nemopterella dyscrita
Tjed, Bo Tjeder 1966
(red handwritten label), same data as holotype. (Both
SAMC
)
.
Other material examined.
SOUTH AFRICA
,
Northern Cape Province
.
9♂
16♀
,
NEUR09619
,
Kabas Farm
,
10 km
NE Pofadder
,
29°02’S
19°26’E
,
800m
,
27.x.1996
,
M.W.Mansell
,
C.H.Scholtz.
(
SANC
)
.
Distribution and habitat.
This species is known from only one locality in the
Northern Cape Province
,
South Africa
(
Fig. 151
). The locality is situated in the north of the Bushmanland Bioregion within the Nama Karoo Biome where the habitat is arid consisting of isolated mountains and flat plains, dominated by Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubs that comprise succulent and non-succulent shrub components. The area receives late summer rains with an average below
100 mm
per year (
Mucina & Rutherford 2006
).