. The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. llow;abdomen more shining, almost glabrous, finely punctured, for-ceps almost smooth and glabrous. Male (fig. 1): head strongly transverse, eyes large andsomewhat protuberant. First antennal segment short, muchshorter than distance between the antennal bases, second seg-ment transverse, third nearly three times as long as broad, fourthabout half as long as third, fifth nearly twice as long as broad,rather conical; distal segments narrow, slightly longer than third,all segments pubescent. Pronotum transverse, widened pos-teriorly, lateral ma
. The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. llow;abdomen more shining, almost glabrous, finely punctured, for-ceps almost smooth and glabrous. Male (fig. 1): head strongly transverse, eyes large andsomewhat protuberant. First antennal segment short, muchshorter than distance between the antennal bases, second seg-ment transverse, third nearly three times as long as broad, fourthabout half as long as third, fifth nearly twice as long as broad,rather conical; distal segments narrow, slightly longer than third,all segments pubescent. Pronotum transverse, widened pos-teriorly, lateral margins straight and reflexed dorsally, posteriormargin weakly convex. Elytra and wings fully developed, lateraltubercles on third tergite almost absent, those on fourth tergite transverse, depressed medially. Penultimate sternitewith posterior margin evenly rounded. Each branch of forcepstrigonal at base, cylindrical distally, almost straight, except * Department of Entomology, Manchester Museum. 54 entomologists record, vol. 88 15/11/76 U. Figs. 1, 2. Spongovostox medleri , male and male genital! CURRENT LITERATURE 55 at apex, inner margin with irregular small pentagonal ventrally, each lateral angle with a roundedprotuberance, posterior margin deeply excised. Length of mm., forceps mm. Genitalia fig. : unknown. Holotype 8, Nigeria: Ile-Ife, W. State, Sept. 1971, blacklight trap, J. T. Medler (British Museum (Natural History)):paratype $, same data but 30th Dec. 1971, and not at trap(United States National Museum). In Brindle (1973, p. 178) this species keys to the quadri- maculatus group, although the wings are only paler at extreme base. In that group it would key to gestroi, to which medleri is closely related. These can be separated as follows: â 1. Blackish-brown to yellowish-brown; pronotum broadly whitish on lateral or posterior margin; wings white for basal half; tibiae and tarsi yellow; parameres of male g
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