Cladoctonus affinis Strohmeyer 1911

Cladoctonus affinis Strohmeyer (Figs 1–4) Cladoctonus affinis Strohmeyer, 1911: 17 Cladoctonus eggersi Wichmann, 1911: 174, syn. nov. Type material. Holotype, male: Aethiopia [Ethiopia] [SDEI]. Holotype(?) of C. eggersi: Aethiopia, Harra, G. Kristensen, leg. [NHMW]. Diagnosis. Length 2.2–2.4 mm, 2.1–2.3 × as long as wide; male frons uniformly punctured; female frons with a central shining impunctate area; elytral surface strongly rugose, strial punctures irregular and variable in size but much larger than interstrial punctures; all declivital interstriae with sharp granules. Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania, South Africa. New record: South Africa, Kwa-Zulu-Natal, Mkhuze Game res. [-27.64, 32.16], 100 m, at light, 1.12.2012, leg. M. Wanat [UWCP]. Biology. Collected from Acacia Fabaceae), presumably a dead branch. Comments. The holotype in the Wichmann collection is in NHMW. This type is identical to the holotype of C. affinis in the Strohmeyer collection [SDEI]. A published record from the Côte D’Ivoire is not verified and may be of a different species.