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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