Phlesirtes brachiatus (Uvarov, 1924)

(Fig. 4 A, B; Fig. 16)

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Holotype. Phlesirtes brachiatus, male. Depository: BMNH. Locality: British East Africa. Collector: R. Ford.

Description. See Uvarov (1924).

Measurements (mm). Length of body 10, length of pronotum 5, length of anterior femur -, length of posterior femur 10.5, visible portion of elytra from above 1.5.

Remarks. P. brachiatus was described on one male labelled by R. Ford “ British East Africa ”. In the collection of the Natural History Museum London more specimens possibly belonging to this species were studied (Table 2).

Very likely however, various new species are expected to be found in the different mountainous areas of Ethiopia.

As seen in Table 2 most localities lie at considerable elevations and thus it is very likely that P. brachiatus isas other species of the genus as well—a montane bound species.

Diagnosis. P. brachiatus has a short inner branch of the male cerci and a broadly rounded u-shaped gap between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite (Fig. 4 A, B).