Swaziphanes bimaculatus Adlbauer, 2002: 2

Swaziphanes bimaculatus Adlbauer, 2002: 2 View in CoL .

( Fig. 2)

Material examined

SOUTH AFRICA

Free State

- 1 ♂ Glen A.C. [Agricultural College], [28°50’S 26°48’E], 29.i.1960, GA Hepburn, AcX 1044 ( SANC) GoogleMaps .

Limpopo Province

- 1 ♀ Zebediela, [24°18’S 29°16’E], 26–30.x.1970, TW Drinkwater ( SANC) GoogleMaps .

- 1 ♂ Kruger National Park , 24.iii.1960, GA Hepburn ( SANC) .

Mpumalanga

- 1 ♂ [Kruger National Park], Nwaswitshaka [near Skukuza], 24°59’S 31°35’E, 08.xii.1997, S Endrödy-Younga; Swaziphanes bimaculatus , det. K Adlbauer, 2012 ( TMSA) GoogleMaps .

- 1 ♂ Kruger National Park , Skukuza, [25°01’S 31°36’E], 31.xii.1970, TW Drinkwater ( SANC) GoogleMaps ;

- 2 ♀ same data, but 27.xii.1970 ( SANC) ; 1♂ same data, but 16.xii. 1970 ( SANC) ; 1♂ same data, but 02.xi.1971, TZ Malhize ( SANC) .

- 6 ♂, 6 ♀ Kruger National Park , Sand River firebreak road, 12.xii. 1959, JH Grobler, AcX 495 ( SANC) .

- 1 ♂, 1 ♀ Kruger National Park , Krokodilbrug [= Crocodile Bridge], [25°21’S 31°54’E], 25.xi.1971, TW Drinkwater, AcX 2733 ( SANC) GoogleMaps .

Data from SANC accession books

AcX 495: Cut from unidentified tree. Wood cut on 13.viii.1959. Beetle emerged on 12.x.1959.

AcX 1044: From wood of Acacia sp. ( Fabaceae ). AcX 2733: Ex Schotia brachypetala ( Fabaceae ).

Remarks. – Adlbauer (2002) described Swaziphanes bimaculatus based on male specimens from Swaziland (1♂) and Zimbabwe (1♂). Delatour et al (2020) presented a ‘likely’ ♀ specimen of S. bimaculatus from northern Mossel Bay,

A B

A. ♀, length 16,4 mm ( SANC). B . ♂, length 13,7 mm ( SANC) .

Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. From the excellent photograph provided ( Delatour et al., 2020: Fig. 7), it is evident that the specimen depicted is not S. bimaculatus , but rather a ♀ specimen of Zamium bimaculatum .

We have examined 13 male and 9 female specimens of S. bimaculatus and compared them with the type specimen. The females approximate the males as described by Adlbauer (2002), with the exception of the shorter antennae length (not exceeding the apex of the elytra) and a larger stature (see Figure 2).

The SANC accession book data indicate that Schotia brachypetala Sond. (Weeping boer-bean) and an Acacia species (more likely Vachellia or Senegalia , rather than Acacia sensu stricto) are host plants of S. bimaculatus . Schotia brachypetala occurs in open deciduous bushveld, drier woodland, scrub forest and along river banks (Coates Palgrave, 2002), from the Eastern Cape Province in the south through KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mozambique, northwards through Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province into Zimbabwe, and westwards into the North West Province ( Schmidt et al., 2007).

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Distribution. – Eswatini: Lubombo Region; Zimbabwe: Matabeleland South (Adlbauer, 2002); South Africa: Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. First records from South Africa.

Zamium bimaculatum ( Fabricius, 1781)

( Fig. 3 & 4)

= Callidium View in CoL 2-maculatum Fabricius, 1781:240 ( Fåhraeus, 1872:53; Distant, 1904:105; Aurivillius, 1912:25)

= Callidium bimaculatum Olivier, 1800: 13 View in CoL ( Schönherr, 1817:456; Fåhraeus, 1872:53; Distant, 1904:105)

= Zamium succineum Pascoe, 1864:289 View in CoL ( Distant, 1904:105; Aurivillius, 1912:25)

= Zamium View in CoL 4-signatum Fåhraeus, 1872:49 ( Distant, 1904:105; Aurivillius, 1912:25)

= Hesperophanes bimaculatus Fåhraeus, 1872: 53 View in CoL ( Distant, 1904:105; Aurivillius, 1912:25)

= Zamium prociduum Pascoe, 1864: 289 View in CoL n. syn.

Type material examined

Callidium 2-maculatum Fabricius, 1781: SYNTYPE unsexed ( BMNH). Labels: [no locality label] || “Call[idium]. Bimaculatum | Fabr[icius]. Sp[ecies]. Ins[ectorum] n [No.] 25” [rectangular curatorial label, cardstock, double black frame] || “[QR code] | NHMUK 014192247”.