Prosopocera ( Alphitopola ) paykullii ( Fåhraeus, 1872 )

Prosopocera ( Alphitopola) paykullii ( Fåhraeus, 1872) View in CoL

( Fig. 1 a-f)

Zalatida paykullii Fåhraeus, 1872: 34 (Aurivillius, 1922: 161) View in CoL .

Alphitopola lapidaria Distant, 1898: 374 View in CoL (Aurivillius, 1922: 161; Breuning, 1936: 168, 214) ( Fig. 1a&b).

Prosopocera ( Alphitopola) paykulli ( Fåhraeus, 1872) View in CoL in: Breuning, 1936: 168, 214.

Prosopocera ( Alphitopola) paykulli Fåhraeus View in CoL m. conjux Breuning, 1938: 35 ( Forchhammer & Breuning, 1986: 21).

Prosopocera ( Alphitopola) albosignata Breuning, 1938: 35-36 View in CoL syn. nov.

Prosopocera ( Alphitopola) bicornuta Breuning, 1971: 3 View in CoL syn. nov.

Chorology

The original description is based on specimens from Caffraria [ RSA] ( Fåhraeus, 1872).

Republic of South Afric a

GAU

- 1 ♂, Pretoria, leg. W.L.D.[Distant] ex Distant Coll 1911-383, ( syntype:

A. lapidaria ) (NHMUK);

- Pretoria District, Soutpan, 21.xi.1992 (Adlbauer, 1997);

idem, 1 ♀, 25°24‘S, 28°06’E, 9.xii.1987, leg. M.W. Mansell ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

idem, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 20.xi.1985, leg. M.W. Mansell ( SANC) ;

- 1♂,Ezemvelo,Telperion, 25°42’S, 29°00’E, 9.i.2009, leg. D.MacFadyen ( TMSA) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♂, 1♀, Roodeplaat; 26.xi.1969, leg. H.D. Naude ( SANC) ;

- 1 ♂, Hennops River District, Portion 53 of Vlakplaas , 24.xi-24.xii.2008 ,

leg. M. Paulsen (TMSA).

KZN

- 1 ♂, Hluhluwe, 07.xi.1928, leg. Marley, holotype: P. ( A.) albosignata (TMSA) ( Fig. 1e&f);

- 1 ♂, Scottburgh, i.1913, holotype: P. ( A.) albosignata var. connexa Det. Gilmour , ( NHMUK) ;

- Richards Bay Minerals , 18°38’S, 32°15’E, 33 m, ii.1987, UV, ( Téocchi et al., 2015b) GoogleMaps ;

idem, 42 km southeast of Ingwavuma , 27°16’52”S, 32°07’32”E, 110 m, UV GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Ndumu Game Reserve , 26°54’S, 32°15’E, 05-07.xi.1984, leg. R. Oberprieler ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♀, Ntinini Nature Reserve , 28°16’S, 30°55’E, 1.xii.2010, leg. Ruth Müller ( TMSA) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♂, Mkuze; 27°37’S, 32°03’E, i.1982, leg. P. Reavell ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♀, Durban,1908, leg. F. Leigh ( SANC) ;

- 1 ♂, Durban, Malvern North, 11.i.1998, ( SANC) .

LIM

- 1 sp., Warmbaths [Bela-Bela], xii.1997, bequest. T. Beyers ( CJS) ;

- Mica, i.2002, ( Téocchi et al., 2015b);

- Nyala Game Ranch, southeast, 28 31 Da, 16.xii.1980, (idem);

- 2 ♀, Fiesta Motel , 20 km south of Potgietersrus (Adlbauer, 1997) ;

- 1 ♀, Ellisras District , D’Nyala Nature Reserve., 23°45’S, 27°49’E GoogleMaps ,

18-20.xii.1987, leg. E. van der Linde ( SANC) ;

idem, 1♂, 18.xii.1987, M.W.Mansell ( SANC) ;

idem, 1♂, 1♀, 13-14.i.1991, leg. B. Grobbelaar ( SANC) ;

idem, 1♂, 18-20.xii.1987, leg. E. van der Linde ( SANC) ;

- 1 ♀, KNP, Shirombe Pan; 22°44’S, 31°24’E, 24.i.1984, leg. M.W.

Mansell (SANC);

- 1 ♂, KNP, Skukuza, 17.i.1995, leg. Endrödy Younga ( CJS) ;

- 1 ♂, KNP, Skukuza, 14.i.1968, leg. E. Brinkman ( SANC) ;

- 1 ♀, KNP, Skukuza Rest Camp; 25°00’S, 31°35’E, 8-22.xii.2009, leg.

J. du Toit & G. Harrison (TMSA);

- 1 ♂, KNP, Letaba, 15.i.1965, leg. A.L. Capener ( SANC) ;

- 1 ♀, Zebediela, 26-30.x.1970, leg. T.W. Drinkwater ( SANC) ;

- 1 ♀, Hans Merensky Nature Reserve , 23°40’S, 30°39’E, 27-30.xi.1981 GoogleMaps ,

leg. R.G. Oberprieler (SANC).

MPU

- 1 sp., Lydenburg Dist. , leg. Zutrzenka, syntype: A. lapidaria Det. Distant, 1898 ( NHMUK) ;

- 1 ♀, [Ehlanzeni District?] Three Sisters , 25.ii.1911, leg. A.J.T. Janse, holotype: P.paykulli m. conjux Breuning, 1938 ( TMSA) ( Fig. 1c&d) ;

- 1 ♀, Nelspruit, 25°45’26”S, 28°30’34”E, 28.iii.2015, leg. M. Janssen ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♂, Weltevreden farm near Nelspruit, 25°34’S, 31°10’E, 21-24.i.1990, leg. R.G. Oberprieler ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♂, PullenFarm [near Nelspruit], 25°34’S, 31°13’E, 24-26.xi.2004, leg. M. Krüger ( TMSA) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♀, Presidentsrus, 25°45’33”S, 29°19’05”E, 24.x.2016, leg. M.D. & J.M. Bate ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

1e

1a. Alphitopola lapidaria Distant,1898 syntype, ♀ (NHMUK), length 18 mm. 1b. A. lapidaria syntype labels. 1c. P. ( A.) paykulli Fåhraeus m. conjux Breuning, 1938 holotype ♀ (TMSA), length 17 mm. 1d. P. ( A.) paykulli m. conjux holotype labels (TMSA). 1e. P. ( A.) albosignata Breuning, 1938 holotype ♂, length 15 mm. 1f. P. ( A.) albosignata holotype labels.

- 1 ♀, Barberton, 1905, leg. D. de Beer ( SANC) ;

- 1 ♂, Luiper[d]shoek Farm near Roossenekal, 25°07’S, 29°50’E, 22.xi.1989, leg. L.G. le Roux ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 ♂, Mahushe Shongwe Nature Reserve , 25°45’S, 31°44’E, 04-05.ii. 1995, leg. Chown, Stals & Browne ( SANC) GoogleMaps .

NW

- 1 ♀, Zeerust, 25°32’S, 26°5’E, 20.xii.2007, leg. G. Lussmann ( SANC) GoogleMaps .

NCape

- 1 ♀, 18. 5 km West of Postmasburg , 28°19’43”S, 22°52’45”E, 10.ii.2019, leg. M.D. Bate, P. ( A.) paykulli det. M.D & J.M. Bate, 2019 ( SANC) GoogleMaps .

Botswana

- Swaneng Hill School, 4 km southeast Serowe, 22 26 Bc, 28.xi.1977, 7-11.xii.1977, 28.xi.1978, 13.i.1980, at Ultraviolet ( Forchhammer & Breuning, 1986).

Mozambique

- 1 ♂, Porto Henrique, 30.xi.1968, leg. W. R. Ferreira, type: Prosopocera ( Alphitopola) bicornuta Breuning, 1971 ( CPMM) specimen not found .

Zambia

- 1 ♂, Bruce-Miller farm near Choma, 16°38’2”S, 27° 01’5”E, leg. B.D. Gill & S.M.V. Gussman ( SANC) GoogleMaps .

Zimbabwe

- Turk Mine, i.1957 ( Téocchi et al., 2015b);

- Lake Kyle, 30.xi.1992 (Adlbauer, 1997);

- 1 ♂, Matopos Siding, 20°27’S 28°30’E, 4.xii.1990, leg. M.W. Mansell, R.B. Miller & L.A. Stange ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

- 1 sp., Nyagi Rivers Val [ley]. 50km East Bindura, xii.1998, leg. Kantner ( CJS) .

Comments. – Gemminger & Harold (1873) misspelt the species name pakulli [ i] in their catalogue, an error that has been perpetuated by subsequent authors e.g.: Aurivillius (1922), Breuning (1936, 1938, 1959), Adlbauer (1997), and Téocchi et al. (2015b).

Study of a series of specimens from this taxon showed that in the ♂, the fronto-clypeal horn may be: undeveloped (missing); represented by a small, short medial lateral ridge which may be divided in the centre (giving an impression of two small horns); or have the form of a small short bifurcated horn. In the ♂ and ♀, the marking on the elytral disc is variable in size and shape; the pre-median white laterally elongated maculae may extend from the base of the elytron, or only start between the base and the apical third; or be distinctly separated from the white basal maculae; or occur as a single laterally elongated macula with a distinct indentation indicating where the pre-median and basal maculae join. Further, the black dot situated within the pre-median white maculae on the disk varies in size and colour (from black to brown), and is sometimes absent.

The type specimen of P. ( A.) bicornuta could not be located in the Entomological collection of Musée du Dr. Álvaro de Castro, Maputo (CPMM) (pers. comm. curator: Dr. Bernado Muatinte), however, the description by Breuning (1971), as well as the accompanying drawing representing the type, leaves no doubt as to the synonymy of this species with P. ( A.) paykullii .

Distribution. – Téocchi et al. (2015b: 100) incorrectly cited a P. ( A.) paykulli specimen collected from the Fiesta Motel 20 km South of Potgietersrus (Adlbauer, 1997), as occurring in Tanzania. The correct location for this specimen is RSA: LIM. There is currently no record of this taxon occurring in Tanzania. The known distribution includes Botswana, RSA: GAU, MPU, LIM, KZN and Zimbabwe (Adlbauer (1997), Téocchi et al. (2015b)), which is enhanced by our addition of Mozambique ( type), RSA: NCape and Zambia.

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