Pteropera uniformis Bruner 1920

Pteropera uniformis Bruner, 1920 Figs 6 K, 11 I, 15 M – P Type material examined. Holotype. Cameroon • ♂; Batanga; 2 ° 50.795 ' N, 9 ° 53.699 ' E; Apr. 1914; F. H. Hope leg.; ANSP. Other material examined. Cameroon • 1 ♂; Ongot; 3 ° 51.517 ' N, 11 ° 22.367 ' E; 5 Dec. 2021; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK. Cameroon • 1 ♂; Somalomo, in the Dja Biosphere reserve; 3 ° 22.448 ' N, 12 ° 43.990 ' E; 11 Apr. 2022; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK. Redescription. Lower side of the body clear; median dark band on pronotum disc narrow, the two contiguous clear bands faintly marked; posterior basal spot on the lateral lobes of pronotum narrow, not reaching the lower edge; metathoracic episternite with a straight, median stripe limited to the base of the segment; lower half of elytra shiny black, upper half brown; front and middle legs pale green. Inner and outer areas of posterior female hind femora pale, greenish yellow, with small pregenicular black ring; knees pale brown; posterior tibiae green, sometimes very dark; male cerci with small internal preapical lobule. Epiphallus (Fig. 15 M): bridge thin, narrow; anterior projections lobiform. Phallic complex (Fig. 15 N – P): dorsal arch of cingulum rounded, almost firm, at the level of the ejaculatory sac, leaving endophallic sclerites almost entirely free, very divergent anteriorly; rami not bent; upper ectophallic sheath long; latero-ventral sclerite in profile, elbowed. Remarks. The juveniles of this species is unknown. Distribution. Cameroon (Fig. 18 B).