Deltoxenos rueppelli Kinzelbach 1971

Deltoxenos rueppelli Kinzelbach, 1971 Material examined. Kenya • 2 ♀ + EMP (OLML), Mwingi env., 7.iv.2007, host: Delta emarginatum (Linnaeus, 1758), M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 8 • ♀ (OLML), E of Taveta, 7.iv.2007, host: D. emarginatum, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 9 • ♀ (OLML), SE Voi, 16.v.2007, host: D. emarginatum, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 21 • ♀ (OLML), Voi (Tsavo) env., 18.xi.1996, host: Delta fenestrale (Saussure, 1852), Mi. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsFe 1 • 2 EMP (OLML), Voi (Tsavo) env., 2.xii.1996, host: D. fenestrale, Mi. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsFe 2 • ♀ + EMP (OLML), E of Mwingi, 14.05.2007, host: D. fenestrale, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsFe 3 • ♀ (OLML), Taita Hills, Voi river, 14.iv.2007, Delta hottentotum (Saussure, 1852), M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsHo 2 • ♀ (OLML), data the same as voucher, voucher code: PsHo 3 • ♀ (OLML), Voi (Tsavo) env., 18.xi.1996, Delta l. lepeletierii (Saussure, 1852), Mi. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsLp 2 • ♀ (OLML), Taita Hills, Voi river, 14.iv.2007, D. l. lepeletierii, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsLp 3; Kongo • ♀ (OLML), Bukama env., 1499 m, 15.viii.1923, Delta lepeletierii formosum (Saussure, 1852), collector not mentioned, voucher code: PsFo 1; Malawi • ♀ (KUNHM), Blantyre, 4.iv.1967, host: D. emarginatum, Ch. Michener lgt., voucher code: PsDe 6 • ♀ + 2 MP (OLML), Selima env., 80 km E Lilongwe, 4.i.2002, D. l. lepeletierii, J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsLp 1 • ♀ (OLML), Nkhata Bay, Malawi Lake, 1.i.2001, host: Delta tropicale (Saussure, 1852), J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 13; Namibia • 2 ♀ (NMPC), Karas prov., Seeheim 10 km W, 717 m, 05.iv.2017, host: Delta caffrum (Linnaeus, 1767), J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 7 • 2 EMP (NMPC), Khorixas 50 km NEE, Kunene prov., 1130 m, 25.iii.2014, D. l. lepeletierii, J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 5; Republic of South Africa • EMP (OLML), North Cape, 27 km S of Strynenburg, 23.i.2000, host: D. caffrum, J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsCa 1 • 1 EMP (OLML), Mpumalanga, 40 km SW Komatipoor, 2.i.2004, host: D. emarginatum, J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 19 • ♀ (OLML), 35 km SE Makchado, Limpopo prov., 720 m, 14.xii.2009, D. l. formosum, J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsFo 2; Tanzania • 2 ♀ + MP (NMPC), Morogoro 50 km SW, 450 m, 12.i.2007, host: D. caffrum, J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 2 • ♀ (NMPC), Rukwa, 30 km NNW Mpanda, 1300 m, 31.xii.2006, host: D. emarginatum, M. Kadlecová lgt., voucher code: PsDe 1 • ♀ (NMPC), Gumbiro 30 km N, Ruvuma pr., 980 m, 6.xii.2018, host: Delta sp., J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 22; Yemen • 2 ♀ (NMPC), SE Bajil, Jabal Bura’A, 560 m, 22.iii.2017, D. fenestrale, D. Král lgt., voucher code: PsFe 4; Zambia • MP (OLML) 150 km S Mwinilunga, 1100 m, 2.xi.2008, D. hottentotum, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsHo 1 • ♀ (OLML), 100 km W Solwezi, 1400 m, 10.xi.2005, host: D. hottentotum, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsHo 4 • ♀ (OLML), 150 km S Mwinilunga, 1100 m, 2.xi.2008, D. emarginatum, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 17 • ♀ (OLML), data the same as voucher PsDe 17, voucher code: PsDe 18 • ♀ (OLML), 150 km S Mwinilunga, 1100 m, 2.xi.2008, host: D. emarginatum, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 10 • ♀ (OLML), 150 km S Mwinilunga, 1100 m, 18.x.2008, host: D. emarginatum, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 11 • ♀ (OLML), 100 km W Solwezi, 1400 m, 10.xi.2005, Delta phthisicum (Gerstäcker, 1857), M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 12 • MP (OLML), 150 km S Mwinilunga, 1100 m, 2.xi.2008, Delta pulcherrimum Schulthess, 1910, M. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsPu 1 • EMP (OLML), W of Solwezi, 1300 m, 22.x.2008, host: D. tropicale, Ma. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 14 • 2 ♀ + EMP (OLML), 10 km S Mazambuka, 28.xii.2002, host D. tropicale, J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 15; Zimbabwe • MP (OLML), Chimanimani NP, 14.xii.1998, host: D. emarginatum, J. Halada lgt., voucher code: PsDe 20. Diagnosis of female cephalothorax. Size of cephalothorax very variable: length 1.48–2.83 mm, width 1.2–2.43 mm. Clypeal lobe distinctly blunt, truncate (cl, Fig. 16 A). Hosts. Delta emarginatum (Linnaeus, 1758), D. fenestrale (Saussure, 1852) (type host) (Kinzelbach 1971 a, Luna de Carvalho 1978); D. caffrum (Linnaeus, 1767) (Benda et al. 2021); D. h. hottentotum (Saussure, 1852), D. lepeletierii formosum (Saussure, 1852), D. l. lepeletierii (Saussure, 1852), D. phthisicum (Gerstäcker, 1857), D. pulcherrimum Schulthess, 1910, D. tropicale (Saussure, 1852) (this study). DNA barcode sequences (GenBank). MK 431197.1 (voucher code: PsDe 1), MN 914584.1 (voucher code: PsDe 2). Phylogenetic relationships. One of the species of Deltoxenos with the maximum of derived features, sister to D. indonesiensis + Deltoxenos sp. from Thailand (Benda et al. 2021). Distribution. Angola (Luna de Carvalho 1967); Democratic Republic of the Congo (Salt and Bequaert 1929, Luna de Carvalho 1978); Eritrea (type locality) (Kinzelbach 1971 a); Kenya, Namibia, Yemen (Benda et al. 2022 b); Republic of South Africa (Székessy 1959); Senegal (Hofeneder and Fulmek 1942); Tanzania (Benda et al. 2021); Zimbabwe (Salt 1927); Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia (this study). Comments. Benda et al. (2021) incorrectly lists distribution in Ethiopia although the type locality (Massawa) is located in Eritrea.