Sjostedtinia Weise, 1910a Figs 98261-262365

References.

Weise 1910a: 205; Bryant 1953: 162; Scherer 1963: 648; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2010a: 413.

Type species.

Sjostedtinia montivaga Weise, 1910a: 206 (Kilimanjaro: Kibocho), by original designation.

Distribution .

Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, (Fig. 365).

Ecology.

This genus lives at high altitudes on Kilimanjaro and Mount Elgon. Sjostedtinia montivaga has been collected from Lobelia deckeni (Asch.) Hemsl. ( Lobeliaceae) (Weise, 1910a), and Sjostedtinia fordi Bryant, 1953 from a Senecio sp. ( Asteraceae) in Uganda (Bryant, 1953), and from a Lobelia sp. in Kenya (S. Zoia 2009, pers. comm.).

Notes.

Two species are known.