Titoceres jaspideus (Audinet-Serville, 1835)

Titoceres jaspideus (Audinet-Serville, 1835) View in CoL – tribe Ceroplesini

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ETYMOLOGY

Latin: colour of jasper.

SIZE

Previous records: 17–30 mm; Kuzikus specimens (n=8): 19–29 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

January to February and April to December.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

NAMIBIA • 5 ex.; Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve ; 23°14’17”S 18°23’29”E; 4–10 Apr. 2011; day time collecting; J. Constant leg.; I.G.: 31.840; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; MRAC GoogleMaps • 2 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Mar.–11 Apr. 2011; light trap; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; Kuzikus Lodge ; 23°14’15”S 18°23’25”E; 2 Apr. 2011; D. Schimrosczyk leg; KWRC GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION

Angola, Botswana, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Republic of South Africa, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

NOTE

Only two species are known in the genus Titoceres Thomson, 1868 , T. jaspideus occupying the most part of Africa while T. arabicus (Breuning, 1962) is recorded from the Arabian Peninsula.