taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F287D46144BE165DDBFF7E16C534EB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A middle-large sized species of Iselma, black without metallic reflection, but elytra brown with infuscate marginal suture. Head elongate, antennae evidently serrate, particularly in male, which has middle antennomeres greatly widened at apex; body setation yellow or with isolated longer black setae on head, pronotum and elytra; metatibial spurs shorter than half metatarsomere I; ventral margin of gonostylus straight in lateral view.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46144BE165DDBFF7E16C534EB.taxon	description	Description. Body black without metallic reflection, but elytra brown with narrowly infuscate marginal suture. Body setation dense and yellow; head, pronotum, and coxae with short, dense and recumbent yellow setae mixed with longer, isolated, thicker erected and truncate black setae; elytra with similar setation, but the black isolate setae are few and distributed on the base, sides and posterior third. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 10.5 – 12.5 mm; pronotum length: 1.8 – 2.0 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 3.0 – 3.2 mm. Head slender and elongate, evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles), particularly in male; mandibles shorter than head capsule; head narrower at tempora than at eyes, but in female less slen- der, sides parallel behind eyes; front flat, frontal suture subarcuate; punctures dense and quite deep, intermediate surface shiny; labrum subequal in length to clypeus. Maxillary and labial palpomeres slender, last maxillary palpomere about 1.5 as long as penultimate. Antennae (Fig. 1 f) slender, extending almost to the middle of elytra in male, in female reaching the basal third of elytra, evidently serrate in male and subserrate in female; male antennomere I cylindrical, 1.5 as long as II, evidently shorter than III; II very short, subglobose; III shorter than followings, IV – X subequal in length, III subtriangularly enlarged apically, IV – VIII evidently widened and almost protruded at apex, IV – X progressively less widened, XI one third longer than X, elongate, slender, conically narrowed in the apical third; antennomere I – II with normal elongate setae, III – XI with dense microsetae. Pronotum with sides slightly divergent from base to middle, evidently convergent anteriorly, slightly depressed longitudinally and basally on sides; punctures as on head; maximal width at middle about 1.5 of head at eyes. Mesonotum elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense and distinct. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore tarsi elongate, last tarsomere longer than III and IV together, middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs massive and spoonlike, inner and external subequal, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last visible male abdominal sternite evidently curved on both external and internal margin, the portion not depressed narrowed on the fore half. Aedeagus in lateral view with the ventral margin of male gonostylus straight; male gonostyli with a basal appendix with a tuft of setae (Fig. 2 a).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46144BE165DDBFF7E16C534EB.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male (CB), 1 male Paratype (CB) “ South Africa, W. Cape, 11.5 km E of Calitzdorp (R 62) 400 m a. s. l., low karroid vegetation 17. IX. 1994, P. Audisio, M. Biondi and M. A. Bologna leg. ”; 1 male and 1 female Paratypes (CB) idem, but 18. IX. 1994. We added the labels “ Holotypus / Paratypus (male and female) Iselma audisioi sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008 ”. Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape, 11.5 km E of Calitzdorp (R 62) 400 m a. s. l.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46144BE165DDBFF7E16C534EB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named after our friend and colleague Paolo Audisio, Rome “ Sapienza ” University, specialist of Nitidulidae beetles, who shared in several fabulous entomological expeditions, one of which permitted the discovery of this new meloid species. Affinities. According to morphological evidences (Pitzalis, 2007; Pitzalis and Bologna, unpublished), this species belongs to the group of I. kaszabi sp. n., which includes also I. elephantula sp. n. It differs from both species by the antennomeres greatly serrate, the elytra infuscate along the marginal suture and from the first species also by the gonostyli shape, which, on the contrary, is similar to that I. kaszabi.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46144BE165DDBFF7E16C534EB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was erroneously cited as I. optata by Bologna et al. (2001).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46143BE105DDBFBA0166D36DB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A middle-large sized Iselma, completely black without metallic reflection. Head and pronotum elongate, the latter with subparallel sides convergent anteriorly; last maxillary palpomere parallel on sides and securiform at apex; head, pronotum and elytra with isolated, longer, black setae mixed with dense, short, light and recumbent setae; elytra convex, without humeral depression; legs with regular black setae; male last visible abdominal hemisternite internally only slightly curved; dorsal appendix of male gonostyli as long as the basal third of them and with a very long tuft of setae at apex.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46143BE105DDBFBA0166D36DB.taxon	description	Description. Body uniformly black, without metallic reflection. Head and pronotum setation with isolated, longer, black setae mixed with dense, short, light and recumbent setae; elytra and ventral setation similar to that on head and pronotum, but the light setae are denser and the black ones are longer on sides and on apex of elytra. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 7.0 – 15.0 mm; pronotum length: 1.1 – 2.5 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 2.4 – 4.4 mm. Head slender and elongate, evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); mandibles and head capsule subequal in length; head narrower at tempora than at eyes, sides parallel behind eyes; front quite flat; frontal suture almost subarcuate; punctures very dense, approached and quite deep except in a middle longitudinal narrow area, intermediate surface shiny; labrum longer than clypeus. Antennae slender, antennomeres III – VII quite widened at apex in male, subcylindrical in female, VIII – XI progressively subcylindrical in both sexes, XI 1.5 as long as X; antennomeres I – II with normal elongate setae, III – XI with dense microsetae. Pronotum with sides subparallel from base to middle, progressively convergent anteriorly; maximal width in the middle, slightly wider than head at eye level; punctures as on head. Mesonotum slightly elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation and without humeral depression, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense and less deep than pronotum and head. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore and middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs massive, slender and spoonlike, inner and external subequal, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last visible male abdominal sternite almost straight on both external and internal margins, the portion not depressed wide and the depressed part progressively sloping. Dorsal margin of male gonostylus sinuate in lateral view, with apical microsetae; dorsal appendix of male gonostyli at least as long as the basal third of the gonostylus and with a very long tuft of setae at apex (Fig. 2 i).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46143BE105DDBFBA0166D36DB.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male (CB), 6 males and 16 females Paratypes (CB, 1 male and 1 female SAMC) “ South Africa, Western Cape, Nieuwodt Pass (10 km NW of Cederberg Pass) 200 – 600 m a. s. l., maquis, 15. IX. 1994, P. Audisio, M. Biondi & M. A. Bologna leg. ”; 2 males and 5 females Paratypes (CB) “ Sudafrica, W. C., N 7 17 km S Clanwilliam 32.30802 ° S 18.90854 ° E 285 m a. s. l., 9. IX. 2004 Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis ”; 12 females Paratypes (CB, 1 female MCSN) “ Sudafrica, W. Cape, 12.8 km S Clanwilliam, 32.25193 ° S 18.85628 ° E, 240 m a. s. l., 21. IX. 2005, M. Bologna, M. Pitzalis ”; 8 females Paratypes (CB) “ South Africa, Western Cape, 12 km NNW Algiria 32.28941 ° S 18.99268 ° E 240 m a. s. l., 5. X. 2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”; 1 female Paratype (CB) “ South Africa, Western Cape, 22 km NNW Algiria, 8 km SE Clanwilliam 32.23259 ° S 18.93550 ° E 130 m a. s. l., 5. X. 2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. We added the labels “ Holotypus / Paratypus (male and female) Iselma cedarbergensis sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008 ”. Additional material. (South Africa, Western Cape) 1 ex. “ 17 km S Clanwilliam on road N 7, 32.30802 ° S 18.90854 ° E 285 m a. s. l., 9. IX. 2004 Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis ”; 2 exx. “ 12.8 km S Clanwilliam, 32.25193 ° S 18.85628 ° E, 240 m a. s. l., 21. IX. 2005, M. Bologna, M. Pitzalis ”; 1 ex. “ 12 km NNW Algiria 32.28941 ° S 18.99268 ° E 240 m a. s. l., 5. X. 2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”; 1 ex. “ 22 km NNW Algiria, 8 km SE Clanwilliam 32.23259 ° S 18.93550 ° E 130 m a. s. l., 5. X. 2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”; 2 exx. “ R 364 3 – 5 km ENE Clanwilliam, 32.14325 ° S 18.90635 ° E 210 m a. s. l., 5. X. 2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. All these specimens are preserved in ethanol 95 % or acetone (CB). Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape, Cedarberg Mts., Nieuwodt Pass.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46143BE105DDBFBA0166D36DB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of this species refers to the Cedarberg (called also Sederberge or Cederberg), the South African mountain chain where the species is distributed. Affinities. This species belongs to the group of I. ursus, among which could be separated, together with I. lorenzettii sp. n. and I. simillima Kaszab, 1953, in a different subgroup distinguishable morphologically (Pitzalis, 2007; Pitzalis and Bologna, unpublished). It seems related to I. lorenzettii sp. n. because of the common structure of the male last visible sternite (the male last abdominal sternite of I. simillima and I. lorenzetti sp. n. are represented respectively in Fig. 3 a and Fig. 3 b).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46143BE105DDBFBA0166D36DB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Cited as I. planidorsis Péringuey, 1909 by Bologna et al. (2001).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46142BE125DDBFA0E119B352B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A middle-large sized Iselma, black without metallic reflection, but elytra brown. Head elongate, antennae slightly subserrate, particularly in male, which has antennomeres IV – IX only slightly widened at apex; body setation yellow or with isolated longer black setae on head, pronotum and elytra; metatibial spurs shorter than half metatarsomere I; ventral margin of male gonostylus sinuate in the apical half in lateral view.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46142BE125DDBFA0E119B352B.taxon	description	Description. Body black without metallic reflection, but elytra uniformly brown. Body setation dense and yellow; head, prothorax and coxae with short, dense and recumbent yellow setae mixed with longer, isolated, thicker, erected and truncate black setae; elytra with similar setation but the black isolate setae are few and distributed on base, sides and posterior third. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 9.5 – 15.0 mm; pronotum length: 1.8 – 3.0 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 2.8 – 4.5 mm. Head slender and elongate, evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles), particularly in male; mandibles shorter than head capsule, particularly in female; head narrower at tempora than at eye level, but in female less slender, sides parallel behind eyes; front flat, frontal suture subarcuate; punctures dense and quite deep, intermediate surface shiny; labrum subequal in length to clypeus. Maxillary and labial palpomeres slender, last maxillary male palpomere about twice as long as penultimate. Antennae slender, extending to base of elytra, quite subserrate, particularly in male: antennomere I cylindrical, twice as long as II, slightly shorter than III; II very short, subglobose; III shorter than followings, IV – X subequal in length, III subtriangularly enlarged apically, IV – X subserrate, subtrapezoidal, largest at apex, particularly segments VI – VIII, IX – X less enlarged apically than the previous subserrate ones; XI one third longer than X, elongate, slender, conically narrowed in the apical third; antennomere I – III with normal elongate setae, IV – XI with dense microsetae. Pronotum with sides slightly divergent from base to middle, evidently convergent to apex, slightly depressed longitudinally; punctures as on head; maximal width at middle, about 1.5 that of head at eyes. Mesonotum elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures vaguely subrugose. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore tarsi elongate, more robust in female, last tarsomere longer than III and IV together, and middle tibial spurs slander; hind spurs both massive and spoonlike, inner spur 1.2 longer than external, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last visible male abdominal sternite evidently curved on both external and internal margin, the nondepressed portion narrowed on the fore half. Ventral margin of male gonostylus sinuate in the apical half in lateral view; male gonostyli with a short basal appendix with a tuft of setae (Fig. 2 b).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46142BE125DDBFA0E119B352B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype female (CB), 1 male and 11 females Paratypes (10 CB, 1 SAMC) “ South Africa, W. Cape, R 62 8 km SW Ladismith 33.54679 ° S 21.22382 ° E 420 m a. s. l., 3. X. 2005, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”; 2 male and 1 female Paratypes (CB) idem, but 3. X. 2007; 6 females Paratypes (CB) “ R 341 12.8 km E De Rust 33.48782 ° S 22.66632 ° E 533 m a. s. l., 2. X. 2005, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. We added the labels “ Holotypus / Paratypus (female and male) Iselma elephantula sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008 ”. Types are in good condition except two Paratypes with damaged antennae. Additional material. (South Africa, Western Cape) 3 exx. “ R 62 8 km SW Ladismith 33.54679 ° S 21.22382 ° E 420 m a. s. l., 3. X. 2005, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”; 1 ex. idem, but 28. IX. 2007; 2 exx. “ R 341 12.8 km E De Rust 33.48782 ° S 22.66632 ° E 533 m a. s. l. 2. X. 2005, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. All these specimens are preserved in ethanol 95 % or acetone (CB). Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape, R 62, 8 km SW Ladismith 33.54679 ° S 21.22382 ° E 420 m a. s. l.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46142BE125DDBFA0E119B352B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of this species refers to the elephant shrew Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw, 1800) (Mammalia, Macroscelidea, Macroscelididae). During the sampling of this new species one sociable specimen of elephant shrew climbed on the foot of one of us to be photographed. Affinities. This species belongs to the group of I. kaszabi (see above). It differs from both I. audisioi sp. n. and I. kaszabi sp. n., which appear close to each other, by the antennomeres less widened apically and the gonostyli shape. Phenetically, I. elephantula sp. n. could be confused with I. piscatrix, which has antennomeres more serrate, hind spurs longer and the setation entirely yellow.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46140BE1D5DDBF93E112B37BB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A middle sized Iselma, completely black without metallic reflection; head short and pronotum slightly longer than wide, with depressions; last maxillary palpomere parallel on sides and securiform at apex; mandibles not evidently curved in the apical third. Head, pronotum and elytra with isolated longer black setae mixed with light with brownish reflection, dense, short and recumbent setae; elytra convex, without humeral depression; legs with elongate black setae.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46140BE1D5DDBF93E112B37BB.taxon	description	Description. Body uniformly black. Head and pronotum setation with isolated, longer, black setae mixed with dense, short, light and recumbent setae; elytral and ventral setation similar to that on head and pronotum but the light setae on elytra are denser and with brownish reflection, the black ones are longer on sides and on apex of elytra; legs with elongate black setae. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 10.5 mm; pronotum length: 1.8 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 3.0 mm. Head short (Fig. 1 e), only slightly longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); mandibles shorter than head capsule; tempora subsquared; front quite flat, frontal suture almost subarcuate; punctures very dense, approached and quite deep, except in the middle, intermediate surface shiny; labrum slightly longer than clypeus. Antennae slender, antennomeres subcilindrical, III – X subequal in length, but IV slightly shorter; antennomere I – II with normal elongate setae, III – XI with dense microsetae. Pronotum only slightly longer than wide, with sides progressively widened and evidently convergent in the fore third; maximal width in the middle, evidently wider than head at eye level; punctures as on head, but wider. Mesonotum elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation and with a vague humeral depression, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense, subrugose and less deep than on head and pronotum. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore and middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs massive and spoonlike, the inner slightly longer than external spur, both shorter than half tarsomere I.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46140BE1D5DDBF93E112B37BB.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype female (CB) “ South Africa, Western Cape, 14 km NE of Bitterfontein (R 368), 350 m a. s. l., low karoo vegetation, 14. IX. 1994, M. Bologna leg. ”. We added the labels “ Holotypus female Iselma fontisamarae sp. n. M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis des. 2008 ”. Antennomeres III – XI of both antennae are cut off and glued on the label. Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape, 14 km NE of Bitterfontein (R 368), 350 m a. s. l.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46140BE1D5DDBF93E112B37BB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of this species refers to the Afrikaans name of the type locality, the town of Bitterfontein. In Latin, “ bitter ” is amarus (– a – um) and “ fontein ” (in English “ spring ”) is fontis. Affinities. This new species belongs to the group of I. ursus, but its affinities are still uncertain as the male remains unknown.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D46140BE1D5DDBF93E112B37BB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was cited by Bologna et al. (2001) as “ Iselma sp. n. A ”. In that paper, the date of collection was erroneously indicated as “ 1993 ” instead “ 1994 ”.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614FBE1C5DDBFAAE111E30AB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A small sized Iselma, belonging to the group of I. hobohmi, but distinct from all other close species (I. penrithae, I. hobohmi and I. deserticola) because of the head subquadrate (Fig. 1 d) vs. elongate and slender (I. hobohmi: Fig. 1 c), the pronotum as long as wide (vs. very elongate and slender), the body setation shorter, the head and pronotum punctures wider. Tarsi are orange, as in I. deserticola, not black as in the other two species; the abdomen is black as in all other species, except in I. deserticola (orange).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614FBE1C5DDBFAAE111E30AB.taxon	description	Description. Body black without metallic reflection, but the apex of tibiae and tarsi orange, elytra brown, partially black (see below). Setae uniformly distributed, light yellow, dark on head and pronotum except on the clypeus and labrum. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 8.0 mm; pronotum length: 1.5 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 3.0 mm. Head subquadrate (Fig. 1 d), slightly longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); the maximum width on tempora, which are widened posteriorly to the eye; setae short, robust and recumbent; punctures wide, deep and quite approached, intermediate surface shiny in the middle, and shagreened on the remaining parts; frontal suture subarcuate; base of clypeus smooth, labrum smooth; antennal ridge acute. Mandibles evidently shorter than head capsule, greatly arcuate almost from the base, particularly at apex; maxillary and labial palpomeres not elongate, last segment about twice as long as penultimate. Antennae extending almost to the base of pronotum, antennomeres short: I cylindrical, twice as long as II; II short, subglobose; III sub-cylindrical, evidently longer than I, slightly wider at apex; IV – IX (X lacks) subequal in length, slightly shorter and similar in shape to III, decreasing in width from VI to IX; XI almost as long as VIII and IX together, suboval. Pronotum short (Fig. 1 d), suboval, widened from the base to middle, then evidently converging to apex; punctures and setae as on head. Mesonotum short, sub-rounded at apex. Elytra without tracks of venation, convex, slightly arcuate at middle in lateral view, evidently wider than pronotum at base; the black colouration extended along the marginal suture from the posterior third, progressively and obliquely enlarged, being the apex completely black; setation short, quite dense, recumbent. Legs finely punctate; fore tibiae apically expanded externally; fore tarsomere I about twice as long as II, II – IV similar in shape and length, V longer than I; external spur of fore tibiae robust, both hind tibial spurs robust, short, about as long as half of tarsomere I.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614FBE1C5DDBFAAE111E30AB.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype female (HNHM), with the following labels: “ SW Africa, Kamajab ”; “ Iselma sp. det. Kaszab ”; “ Iselma sp. Dr. Z. Kaszab det., 1983 ” (all labels white, handwritten and partially printed). We added the label: “ Holotypus female Iselma kamanjabi ” sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008 ”. Type locality. Namibia, Kamanjab.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614FBE1C5DDBFAAE111E30AB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of this species refers to its type locality, Kamanjab, a town in NW Namibia. Affinities. Iselma kamanjabi sp. n. belongs to the group of I. hobohmi (Pitzalis, 2007; Pitzalis and Bologna, unpublished.), which includes also I. deserticola, I. hobohm i and I. penrithae. This group was defined by Bologna et al. (2001). The group is endemic to central and northern Namibia, well isolated biogeographically from the remaining South African species. Among the species of this group I. kamanjabi is distinct particularly for its head and pronotum shape, and setation pattern.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614EBE1F5DDBFBBE162C31C3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A middle sized Iselma, black without metallic reflection, but elytra brown. Head elongate, antennae subserrate; body setation yellow or with isolated longer black setae on head, pronotum and elytra; metatibial spurs shorter than half metatarsomere I; ventral margin of male gonostylus straight in lateral view.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614EBE1F5DDBFBBE162C31C3.taxon	description	Description. Body black without metallic reflection, but elytra brown. Body setation dense mainly yellow; head, pronotum, elytra, coxae and sternites with short, dense and recumbent yellow setae mixed with longer, thicker, erected and truncate black setae. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 10.5 mm; pronotum length: 1.8 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 3.0 mm. Head slender and elongate, evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); mandibles shorter than head capsule; head narrower at tempora than at eyes, sides parallel behind eyes; front flat; frontal suture almost straight; punctures dense and quite deep, intermediate surface shiny; labrum subequal in length to clypeus. Antennae (the examined antennomeres) subserrate, antennomere I cylindrical, 1.5 as long as II, evidently shorter than III; II very short, subglobose; III slightly longer than IV, IV – VI subequal in length, III – VI subtriangularly enlarged apically; antennomere I – II with normal elongate setae, III – VI with dense microsetae. Pronotum with sides divergent from base to middle, greatly convergent anteriorly, slightly depressed longitudinally and basally on sides; punctures as on head; maximal width at middle about 1.5 of head at eye level. Mesonotum elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense and superficial. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore and middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs massive and spoon-like, inner and external subequal, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last visible male abdominal sternite slightly curved on the internal margin and slightly curved apically on the external margin, the portion not depressed wide. Ventral margin of male gonostylus straight in lateral view; male gonostyli with a short basal appendix with a tuft of setae. The male genitalia of this species were figured by Kaszab (1966) as I. optata.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614EBE1F5DDBFBBE162C31C3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male (HNHM) “ Capland, Willowmore 1.10.190 4, dr. Browns ”; “ Iselma optata Pér., det. dr. Kaszab ”. We added the label “ Holotypus male Iselma kaszabi sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008 ”. Type locality. South Africa, Eastern Cape, Willowmore.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614EBE1F5DDBFBBE162C31C3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named after the late Zoltan Kaszab, Hungarian specialist of Meloidae and Tenebrionidae, who enormously increased the knowledge on the taxonomy of blister beetles, and who was the first teacher in the study of this group for one of us (MAB). Affinities. The relationships of this new species, belonging to the group of I. kaszabi, were discussed in the corresponding paragraph of I. elephantula.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614EBE1F5DDBFBBE162C31C3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was cited as I. optata Péringuey, 1909 by Kaszab (1966).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614DBE195DDBFD0616913253.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A middle-large sized Iselma, completely black without metallic reflection. Head and pronotum elongate, the latter with subparallel sides convergent anteriorly; last maxillary palpomere parallel on sides and securiform at apex; head, pronotum and elytra with isolated longer black setae mixed with dense, short and light, recumbent setae; elytra convex, without humeral depression; legs with regular black setae; male last visible abdominal hemisternite internally only slightly curved; dorsal appendix of male gonostyli longer than the half of the gonostylus and with a short tuft of setae at apex. Extremely similar to I. cedarbergensis, but differing by male genitalia features; the female is almost morphologically indistinguishable.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614DBE195DDBFD0616913253.taxon	description	Description. Body uniformly black. Head and pronotum setation with isolated, longer, black setae mixed with dense, short, light and recumbent setae; elytra and ventral setation similar to that on head and pronotum but the light setae are denser and the black one are longer on sides and on apex of elytra. Body length (apex of mandibles to apex of elytra): 7.5 – 13.0 mm; pronotum length: 1.3 – 2.8 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 2.1 – 3.2 mm. Head slender and elongate, evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); mandibles and head capsule are subequal in length; head narrower at tempora than at eyes, sides parallel behind eyes; front quite flat, frontal suture almost subarcuate; punctures very dense, approached and quite deep, except along the median longitudinal narrow area, intermediate surface shiny; labrum longer than clypeus. Antennae slender, antennomeres III – VII quite widened at apex in male, subcylindrical in female, VIII – XI progressively subcylindrical in both sexes, XI 1.5 as long as X; antennomere I – II with normal elongate setae, III – XI with dense microsetae. Pronotum with sides subparallel from base to middle, progressively convergent anteriorly; maximal width in the middle, slightly wider than head at eye level; punctures as on head. Mesonotum slightly elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation and without humeral depression, about twice as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense and less deep than in pronotum and head. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore and middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs massive, slender and spoonlike, the inner and external subequal, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last visible male abdominal sternite (Fig. 3 b) almost straight on both external and internal margins, the portion not depressed wide and the depressed part evidently sloping. Dorsal margin of male gonostylus subrectilinear in lateral view in the basal third and ventrally progressively narrowed; male gonostyli depressed on sides from base to the apical third, with microsetae apically, the dorsal appendix longer than half of the gonostylus with a short tuft of setae at apex (Fig. 2 j).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614DBE195DDBFD0616913253.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male (CB), 7 males and 20 females Paratypes (CB, 1 male and 1 female SAMC) “ Sudafrica, W. C., N 7 29 km N Clanwilliam 31.97857 ° S 18.74409 ° E 88 m a. s. l., 9. IX. 2004 Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis ”; 1 female Paratype (CB) “ Sudafrica, W. Cape, N 7 10.2 km N Klawer 31.85130 ° S 18.60993 ° E 130 m a. s. l., 21 - IX- 2005 M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. We added the labels “ Holotypus / Paratypus (male and female) Iselma lorenzettii sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008 ”. Additional material. (South Africa, Western Cape) 1 ex. ” C. P. Wiedouw 309 Vanrhynsdorp 31 ° 44 ’ S 18 ° 47 ’ E ”, “ 20 – 23 Sept. 1982, S. Louw, NMBH 8948 ” (CB); 1 ex. ” SW Cape Prov Clanwilliam 29 km N 31.47 S - 18.43 E, 29.8.1989; E-Y: 2675 ground & vegetation, Endrödy & Klimaszew ” (CB). The following specimens are preserved in ethanol 95 % or acetone (CB). (South Africa, Western Cape) 2 exx. “ N 7 29 km N Clanwilliam 31.97857 ° S 18.74409 ° E 88 m a. s. l., 9. IX. 2004 Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis ”; 1 ex. “ N 7 10.2 km N Klawer 31.85130 ° S 18.60993 ° E 130 m a. s. l., 21 - IX- 2005 M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape, 29 km N of Clanwilliam 31.97857 ° S 18.74409 ° E, 88 m a. s. l ..	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614DBE195DDBFD0616913253.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named after our friend ornithologist Emanuela Lorenzetti (Rome), who actively collaborated during one field expedition in South Africa and collected the first specimen. Affinities. Affinities are discussed in the corresponding paragraph of I. cedarbergensis.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614BBE185DDBFEB61653329B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A large sized Iselma, with elytra lake red, very similar to I. brunneipes, but differing by the following characters: head total length less than twice the maximum width on tempora, less parallel, particularly in male; pronotum wider, with the fore half shorter than the basal one; claws curved from the base to the end; male gonostyli with apical setae longer and distributed on both lateral and ventral sides. Head and pronotum of both species are reported in Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b, respectively.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614BBE185DDBFEB61653329B.taxon	description	Description. Body black, but elytra entirely lake red. Body setation black without any reflection on elytra, uniformly distributed, shorter on elytra. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 18 – 21 mm; pronotum length: 2.9 – 3.1 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 5.5 – 6.5 mm. Head slender and elongate (Fig. 1 b), evidently longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles), particularly in female; mandibles slightly shorter than head capsule; head slightly narrower at tempora than at eye level, but in male less slender, sides parallel behind eyes, vaguely squared in male; front flat, frontal suture subarcuate; punctures dense and quite deep, intermediate surface shiny; labrum slightly longer than clypeus. Maxillary and labial palpomeres slender, last maxillary palpomere about 1.5 as long as penultimate. Antennae slender, extending almost to the middle of elytra in both sexes, quite serrate in male, particularly VI – IX; male antennomere I cylindrical, 1.5 as long as II, evidently shorter than III, about 0.5 as long as III; II very short, subglobose; III markedly longer than the following antennomeres, particularly than IV; IV – X subequal in length, III – V subcylindrical particularly in female, VI – IX widened at apex in male, X – XI subcylindrical, XI 1.5 as long as X, XI tapered at apex; antennomere I – II with normal elongate setae, III – XI with dense microsetae. Pronotum (Fig. 1 b), with sides subparallel or slightly divergent from base to middle, convergent anteriorly, its fore half shorter than the basal one, slightly depressed longitudinally and basally on sides; punctures as on head; maximal width at middle about 1.5 of head at eye level. Mesonotum elongate, parallel on sides and subrounded at apex. Elytra elongate, convex, without tracks of venation, slightly depressed on humeri, about 1.5 as wide as pronotum at base; punctures dense and distinct. Legs slender, finely punctate; fore tarsi elongate, with ticker and denser setae in male, last tarsomere longer than III and IV together, pro- and mesotibial spurs slender; both hind spurs slender and spoon-like, inner slightly longer than external, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last visible male abdominal sternite evidently curved on both external and internal margin, the depressed portion wide and extended from the base to the apex. Male gonostyli in lateral view (Fig. 2 d) with the ventral margin narrowed and curved in the apical third, widely depressed, with elongate apical setae on both lateral and ventral sides; dorsally without basal appendix and tuft of setae.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614BBE185DDBFEB61653329B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. 1 Holotype male (CB), 3 males and 1 female Paratypes (CB) “ South Africa, N. Cape, N 7 11 km N of Garies, jct Kys 30,42384 ° S 17,93637 ° E 627 m a. s. l., 8. IX. 2004, Bologna, Lorenzetti, Pitzalis ”; 1 male and 2 females Paratypes (CB) “ South Africa, Northern Cape, 10 km NNW Garies (N 7) 600 m a. s. l., 12. IX. 1994, xeric maquis, M. A. Bologna leg. ”. We added the labels “ Holotypus / Paratypus (male and female) Iselma mimica sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008 ”. One male Paratype has the antennae teratological (antennomere VIII basally fused with VII and with an external expansion); four paratypes of both sexes have antennae or tarsi partially damaged. Additional material. 1 male (HNHM) “ Cape b. sp. ”. Type locality. South Africa, N. Cape, N 7 11 km N of Garies, jct Kys 30,42384 ° S 17,93637 ° E 627 m a. s. l.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614BBE185DDBFEB61653329B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of this species refers to its extreme similarity with I. brunneipes, with which it has been confused (Bologna et al., 2001). Affinities. According to morphological evidences (Pitzalis, 2007; Pitzalis and Bologna, unpublished), this species belongs to the group of I. brunneipes, subgroup of I. brunneipes, which includes also I. flavipennis and I. endroedyyoungai. Phenetically it is very similar to I. brunneipes but differs in the features indicated in the “ Diagnosis ” paragraph.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614BBE185DDBFEB61653329B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Cited erroneously as I. brunneipes by Bologna et al. (2001).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614ABE1B5DDBFDCE13A5329B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A large sized Iselma, completely black but elytra with cupreous-greenish metallic reflection; head short and pronotum largely rounded on sides, with two suboval lateral depressions; last maxillary palpomere parallel on sides and securiform at apex; mandibles evidently curved in the apical third; elytra convex, with humeral depression extended only to the basal third; last visible abdominal hemisternite slightly curved internally, apically with scarce long setae. Head and pronotum with dense long black erected setae.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614ABE1B5DDBFDCE13A5329B.taxon	description	Description. Body uniformly black, but elytra with cupreous-greenish metallic reflection. Body setation black, composed by both long, dense, erected setae and scattered shorter setae; legs with elongate black setae, rare on tibiae. Body length (apex of mandibles-apex of elytra): 14.2 – 20.0 mm; pronotum length: 2.3 – 2.7 mm; elytral width (greatest at posterior third): 3.5 – 5.0 mm. Head short, only slightly longer than wide at eye level (excluding the mandibles); mandibles shorter than head capsule; tempora subsquared; front quite flat, frontal suture almost subarcuate; punctures very dense, approached and quite deep, except in the middle, intermediate surface shiny and subrougose; labrum slightly longer than clypeus. Antennae slender, antennomeres subcylindrical, III – VIII subequal in length, but IV slightly shorter, antennomere IX slightly shorter than VIII and X, evidently shorter than VI and VII; antennomere I – II with normal elongate setae, III – X with dense microsetae and with elongate, erected setae at apex. Pronotum as long as wide, with sides progressively widened and then convergent in the fore third; maximal width at two thirds of its length, wider than head at eye level; a suboval depression on each side and one longitudinal unpunctuated raised area; punctures as on head, but wider. Sides of mesonotum convergent posteriorly. Elytra elongate, only slightly convex, about twice as wide as pronotum at base, without tracks of venation and with a depression extended from humerus to the basal third; punctures very dense, subrugose and less deep than on head and pronotum. Legs slender, with punctures dense and quite large; fore and middle tibial spurs slender; both hind spurs elongate and spoon-like, the inner one longer than the external, both shorter than half tarsomere I. Last male visible abdominal sternite (Fig. 3 d) slightly curved on internal margin and evidently curved on the external one, the portion not depressed wide, apically with scarce and scattered long setae. Male gonostyli in lateral view slender and very narrow, depressed longitudinally in the middle as well as on dorsal side, at base and on ventral side in the apical third; sides subparallel, apex conical, slightly curved and with microsetae, with a basal appendix as long as one third of the gonostylus with a tuft of setae reaching almost the apex of gonostylus (Fig. 2 l).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614ABE1B5DDBFDCE13A5329B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male (CB), 1 male Paratype (CB) “ South Africa, Northern Cape, 19 km NW Sutherland vs. Bo-Visrivier 32.44902 ° S 20.49269 ° E 1500 m a. s. l., 27. IX. 2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. 1 female Paratype (CB) “ South Africa, Northern Cape, 27 km NW Sutherland vs. Bo-Visrivier 32.40078 ° S 20.45220 ° E 1345 m a. s. l., 27. IX. 2007, M. Bologna & M. Pitzalis ”. We added the labels Holotype / Paratype, male and female, “ Iselma stellaris sp. n. M. Pitzalis & M. Bologna des. 2008 ”. Type locality. South Africa, Northern Cape, 19 km NW Sutherland vs. Bo-Visrivier, 32.44902 ° S 20.49269 ° E, 1500 m a. s. l.	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
03F287D4614ABE1B5DDBFDCE13A5329B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of this species is inspired by the type locality, Sutherland, a town well known for its starry sky and the astronomical observatory (in latin star = stella). Affinities. This new species belongs to the group of I. ursus, and is particularly related to I. ursus and I. lanuginosa (Pitzalis and Bologna, unpublished). Phenetically it is very similar to the latter species, which clearly differs because of the shape of last male sternite (Fig. 3 c) and the presence of two hooks on the distal portion of aedeagus (Fig. 2 k).	en	Pitzalis, Monica, Bologna, Marco A. (2008): Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae). Zootaxa 1876 (1): 35-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1876.1.4
