Corresponding author: Tomáš Lackner (
Academic editor: P. Bouchard
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The type specimen of this new species has been collected using flight intercept trap in open savannah near Catabola, in the central Angolan province of Bié, in altitude 1300 m. The FIT trap has been placed near a small pond, and cow dung, rotting bananas as well as rotting fish were all used to attract insects. The attractants were placed in small plastic containers around the trap. When removing the male terminalia from the specimen, the entire abdomen was first severed from the rest of the body, subsequently macerated in KOH heated up to 90°C for a short while, cleared in 96% ethanol and thence the male genitalia was removed from the cleared abdomen. The habitus photographs of
Standard measurements have been made according to
Holotype, male, with printed label “Angola, Bié province, Catabola env., 15–27.11.2012, FIT trap, T. Lackner lgt.” (JHAC).
Male. Body measurements: BL 2.20 mm; BW 1.30 mm; PL 0.60 mm; PW 1.10 mm; EL 1.70 mm. Body (
Elytra black in anterior half, dark brown on posterior half, sparsely and coarsely punctuate; sparsely covered with semi-erect dark setae. Each elytron bears four transverse fasciae formed by intermixed white and yellow setae: the first situated near scutellum; second present anteriorly, reaching elytral suture; third fascia situated sub-medially reaching elytral suture; and the fourth fascia situated sub-apically, reaching elytral suture. Elytral epipleuron short, black, with dark setae.
Metaventrite finely punctuate with white, short, recumbent setae. Mesoventrite coarsely punctuate laterally, medially finely punctuate, and covered by white, short, recumbent setae.
All abdominal ventrites black, covered by short, white, recumbent setae; first abdominal ventrite with distinct oblique discal striae.
Legs. Tibiae and tarsi brown, femora anteriorly darkened and sparsely covered with fine white setae. Anterior tibiae with black spines along shaft.
Male genitalia. Parameres widely ‘open’ connected anteriorly by a ‘bridge’, parameres apically with pseudopores and short setae; basal piece strongly sclerotized; penis apically with downward pointing ‘hook’. Penis has been slightly damaged during the manipulation with the aedeagus and therefore we decided to show the photograph as well as the drawing of the aedeagus depicting a reconstructed penis. (
Female unknown.
Map of Angola showing the type locality of
This new species belongs to the genus
Known only from the vicinity of Catabola, Bié province, central Angola (
Patronymic, dedicated to Martin Blabolil, (Kuito, Angola) who has been instrumental in providing all kinds of help during the visit of Tomáš Lackner in Angola.
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1 | Body form narrow, parallel, elytra without white setae, black with orange apex; antennal club with 5 antennomeres (Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania) | |
– | Body form oval, elytra with brown and white or grey setae, antennal club with 3 antennomeres | 2 |
3 | Berminal antennal antennomere triangular; elytra brownish-black except for three (sometimes only two) red, transverse bands and small circular spots; (Cyprus, England (intr.), Greece, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, „Caucasus“, India: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, USA: Arizona (intr.)) | |
– | Terminal antennal antennomere oval | 4 |
4 | Elytra with light fasciae of setae and apical spot | 5 |
– | Elytra with isolated light spots of setae | 7 |
5 | Elytra with one orange transverse fasciae, small median orange patches and orange apical spot all covered by white setae; body length 2.30–2.70 mm; antennal club with 3 antennomeres (Botswana, Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe) | |
– | Elytra dark brown or black and dark brown without median, orange or brown patches | 6 |
6 | Elytra dark brown, each elytron covered by slightly erected dark setae with three or four fasciae and small apical spot from light brown and white setae; body length 2.10–2.60 mm; antennal club with 3 antennomeres (Cameroon) |
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– | Elytra black in anterior half, dark brown posteriorly, each elytron with four distinct transverse fasciae from grey setae; body length 2.20 mm; antennal club with 3 antennomeres (Angola: Bié province) | |
7 | Elytra with isolated light spots of setae | 8 |
8 | Elytra black, without red, orange or brown parts. Body length 2.60–2.70 mm; antennal club with 3 antennomeres; each elytron with very small isolated 13–14 white spots (Kenya, Madagascar) | |
– | Elytra with red, orange or brown parts | 9 |
9 | Pronotum with 5 isolated white patches, two in lateral parts, two medially and one near scutellum; body length 2.30–3.30 mm; antennal club with 3 antennomeres; elytra black with orange-brown apical part and with small white spots (Botswana, South Africa) | |
– | Pronotum with two lateral white patches | 10 |
10 | Elytra near scutellum coarsely punctured with small humeral bump; body length 2.80 mm; antennal club with 3 antennomeres; elytra black, each elytron with 12 small, distinct spots of white setae on three or four very blurred fasciae and an apical spot (Cameroon) | |
– | Elytra near scutellum finely punctured with very large humeral bump; body length 2.40–3.20 mm; antennal club with 3 antennomeres; elytra black with orange apex, each elytron intermixed in brown setae with small patches of white setae (Namibia) |
1 | Head without frontal ocellus | subfamily |
– | head with frontal ocellus | 3 |
2 | visible abdominal sternites with white and black pubescence | subgenus |
– | visible abdominal sternites with concolorous pubescence | subgenus |
3 | prosternum not forming a “collar”; mouthparts free | subfamily |
– | prosternum forming a “collar” under which mouthparts fit when the head is retracted | subfamily |
4 | dorsal and ventral surfaces covered by flat scales | genus |
– | dorsal and ventral surfaces covered by pubescence | 7 |
5 | antenna with 11 antennomeres | 6 |
– | antenna with 10 antennomeres | subgenus |
6 | eyes with median margin broadly and deeply emarginate at about anterior 1/3 | subgenus |
– | eyes with median margins complete | subgenus |
7 | anterior tibiae with spines along shaft; antennal club with 3 antennomeres | genus |
– | anterior tibiae without spines | 8 |
8 | antennal club with 2 antennomeres, terminal antennomere of male big, flat and slightly vaulted | genus |
– | antennal club with 3-8 antennomeres | genus |
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This research was supported by the Internal Grant Agency (IGA n.20124364) Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. We would like to thank Petr Baňař (Brno, Czech Republic) for the help with the imaging of this new species. Wife of the second author (T.L.) Pepina Artimová has drawn the map used in this paper using Adobe Illustrator CS4 and helped with drawing the aedeagus of