Afroeme kruegeri, Bate & Bate, 2023

Bate, Riana & Bate, Michael D., 2023, A new species of Afroeme Cerambycidae: Xystrocerini) from South Africa (Coleoptera:, Faunitaxys (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 11 (18), pp. 1-3 : 1

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-11(18)
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D417D3E-A835-44B9-BA48-91E890B25F37
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A5087E2-DD73-341B-FC5C-FB023EE2F888
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Afroeme kruegeri
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Afroeme kruegeri View in CoL sp. nov.

( Fig. 1a, b)

ZooBank:http://zoobank.org/ 571B5738-017E-4BE1-96F0-634125EC5092

Holotype, ♂, SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape Province, Graaff-Reinet Dist. , 32°17'S 25°17'E, 6-14XI.2012, Leg. Martin Krüger ( TMSA) ( Fig. 1a). GoogleMaps

Paratypes:

- 1♀, same data as holotype ( TMSA) ( Fig. 1b) GoogleMaps ;

- 1♀, South Africa: Mpumalanga, Presidentsrus , 25°45'33"S 29°19'05"E, 9.X.2016, Light Trap, Leg. M.D. & J.M. Bate ( SANC) GoogleMaps .

Description.

Habitus elongate and slender, dorsoventrally flattened.

Measurements. – ♂ length 11,5 mm, width 2,2 mm; ♀ length 12,5

- 11,4 mm, width 2,4 mm.

Colouration. –The eyes and mandiblesblack; ♂ withhead, scape, pedicel and antennomeres 3–6, pronotum, and legs dark brown; remainder of the antennal segments, elytra and ventral aspect reddish-brown;in the ♀ only the head, scape, pedicel and antennomere 3 dark brown remainder reddish-brown.

Integument. – Entire body sparselycoveredwithshortappressedpale-yellow setae.Antennae ventrally fringed with a row of semi-erect short pale-yellow setae, in ♂ this ventral fringe occurs on antennomeres 3–6, whilst antennomeres 7–11