Afroheriades larvata ( FRIESE , 1909)

Afroheriades larvata ( FRIESE, 1909) View in CoL

Eriades larvatus FRIESE, 1909: 316. Lectotype Ô (Steinkopf, South Africa) (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany [former Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität]).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (14♀♀, 9ÔÔ):

South Africa: 1♀, 8 km WNW Leliefontein, Fynbos , road side, 30°15´58´´S 18°03´17´´E, 1190 m, 14.ix.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, 12 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur , Fynbos, 31°16´18´´S 19°02´55´´E, 770 m, 13.viii.2010, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1Ô, Keiski Mts. , 3 km E Farm M´Vera, shale, 31°45´29´´S 19°54´13´´E, 1190 m, 19.viii.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1Ô, idem, 26.viii.2017 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, idem, 28.viii.2023 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Roggeveld Mts. , 2 km S Farm Perdekloof, rivier, dolerite, 31°47´35´´S 19°58´16´´E, 1220 m, 2.ix.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, 27 km SE Vanrhynsdorp, Ouberg Pass , Fynbos, 31°48´07´´S 18°55´00´´E, 380 m, 8.ix.2010, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 4♀♀, 6ÔÔ, idem, 23.viii.2012 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, idem, 24.ix.2014 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, idem, 19.ix.2016 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, 1Ô, 20 km W Sutherland, Farm Kanolfontein , road side, 32°24´43´´S 20°27´28´´E, 1385 m, 7.ix.2012, leg. M. Kuhlmann. GoogleMaps

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: The species apparently has a more restricted distribution and has been found from northern Namaqualand ( PETERS 1978) to the Roggeveld Mts. in the vicinity of Sutherland in the south.