Chortastus schenklingi Hagedorn 1909

Chortastus schenklingi Hagedorn, 1909 (Figs 19–22) Chortastus schenklingi Hagedorn, 1909: 737. Type material. Syntypes: Kamerun [ZMHB] Other material. Cameroon, Niombe, 1912, Herre leg. [NHMW]; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sanzulu, 4.IV.1926, A. Collart, leg. [RBINS]; Binga, -Kondo [Zimbabwe border], 15.VI.1926 [RBINS], new country. Diagnosis. Body length 2.7–3.1 mm, 2.0–2.1 × as long as wide. Male frons with a long tuft of golden setae from vertex and anterior margin of eyes to near epistoma; female frons flat with short erect setae; pronotum and elytra with similar type of short erect setae; interstriae 2 on declivity slightly impressed and smooth, interstriae 3 with an elevated ridge as high as the width of a femur. Distribution: Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Remarks. Despite the many records from five African countries, a host plant has not yet been noted. A first record for the Democratic Republic of the Congo is given. This species is unmistaken by the long ridges on the elytral declivity.