Pleophylla fasciatipennis, BLANCHARD, 1850

PLEOPHYLLA FASCIATIPENNIS BLANCHARD, 1850 View in CoL ( FIGS 1A – L View Figure 1 , 2A – D View Figure 2 , 5A View Figure 5 , 6)

Omaloplia fasciatipennis Blanchard, 1850: 83 [type locality: Cape of Good Hope ].

Pleophylla fasciatipennis View in CoL : Schaufuss, 1871: 231; Brenske 1900: 84; Peringuey, 1904: 8.

Pleophylla maculipennis Boheman, 1857: 124 View in CoL [type locality: Gariep]; syn. by Peringuey, 1904: 8; Schaufuss, 1871: 232; Brenske, 1900: 83.

Type material examined: Lectotype (here designated): ♂ “ P. fasciatipennis Cat. Mus. Cap de B. Esp. /Museum Paris Afrique Hottentot Delalande/ Pleophylla fasciatipennis Type Blanch. [unknown handwriting]/ Afriq. Hottentot Delalande/IMG0032 ″ ( MNHN) . Paralectotypes: 1 ♀ “ Museum Paris Cap de Bonne Esperance / Pleophylla fasciatipennis Type Blanch.” ( MNHN) , 1 ♀ “ Museum Paris Afrique Hottentot Delalande / Pleophylla fasciatipennis Type Blanch.” ( MNHN) . Lectotype ( maculipennis , here designated): ♂ “Caffraria./ J. Wahlb. /Type./Typus [red printed label]/ 3674E91/Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan no. 1743/07” ( NHRS) . Paralectotypes ( pilosa ): 1 ♂ “ Cap. B. Spei. /Victorin./3676 E91 + / Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan no. 1745/07 “( NHRS), 1 ♂ “ Cap. B. Spei. /Victorin./3675

E91 + /Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan no. 1744/07 “( NHRS).

Additional material examined: See Appendix S1.

Redescription: Body length: 7.9 mm, elytral length: 5.9 mm, maximum width: 4.2 mm. Angle between lateral margins of labroclypeus and ocular canthus indistinct; anterior margin of labroclypeus medially straight; margins of labroclypeus moderately reflexed; smooth area in front of eyes 1.5 times as wide as long; ratio of eye diameter/interocular width: 0.5. Pronotum with dense and thick erect setae; unicoloured; basal margin of pronotum complete; larger punctures on pronotum very coarse. Hypomeron not carinate. Elytra with dark spots; erect dorsal pilosity on elytra dense (more than ten setae per interval); sutural interval in apical declivity of elytra delimited by a sharp carina; white, fine pilosity not condensed to longitudinal patches; intervals punctate at least laterally; adpressed white pilosity long, 1/3 to 1/2 of width of elytral intervals; external apical elytral angle evenly convex. Mesosternal process short. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.21. Metatibia, ratio of width/length: 1/3.59. Metatarsi dorsally smooth; first metatarsomere as long as subsequent one. Aedeagus: Fig. 2A – C View Figure 2 . Habitus: Fig. 2D View Figure 2 . Female genitalia: Fig. 5A View Figure 5 .

Remarks: In previous publications we referred to this species as ‘sp2’ (for P. pilosa ) and ‘sp12’ (for P. maculipennis ) (Ozg € ul-Siemund € & Ahrens, 2015; Eberle et al., 2016b).