REVISION OF LEUCOSPIDAE 131 



Leucospis schlettereri Schulthess-Schindler 



(Text-fig. 149) 



Leucospis Schlettereri Schulthess-Schindler, 1899 : 250-251, £. LECTOTYPE $ (here desig- 

 nated), Mozambique: Delagoa (EI, Zurich) [examined]. 



One of the two syntypes designated as lectotype. The BMNH has one male 

 apparently from the same lot (same labels) but not mentioned in the original 

 description. 



L. schlettereri is closely related to L. tricolor Kirby and the two have been often 

 confused. L. schlettereri is best characterized by its relatively small body with 

 rich pattern of red and yellow markings (with the range of variation much narrower 

 than in L. tricolor) and, in particular, by its short ovipositor the furrow of which 

 does not reach the broad subhorizontal base of the fifth tergite (Text-fig. 149). 

 In both sexes the hind femur is mostly blackish in a broad median streak, with the 

 dorsal edge brownish to reddish and the ventral edge red but often with a predental 

 and a supradental elongate whitish macula. The predental (basal) macula is 

 sometimes absent, sometimes connected with the distal supradental macula. 

 This pattern may be seen also in the males and helps them associate with the 

 females of this species and separate them from a similar form of L. tricolor (form 

 D), in which the whitish streak normally borders broadly the dorsal edge but is 

 absent or greatly reduced ventrally (unless the yellow is much more spread as in 

 form C of tricolor). 



Biology. No definite host records known. 



Distribution. Rhodesia, S. Mozambique, South West Africa, South Africa 

 including Lesotho. 



Material examined. 



Type data given in synonymy. 



Rhodesia: Salisbury, ii-iv. 1900, 1 $, 1 $ (G. Marshall) (TM, Pretoria; BMNH); 

 Bulawayo, ix. 1923, 1926, x. 1933, 2 $, 1 $ (partly R. Stevenson) (NM, Bulawayo) ; 

 Plumtree, i. 1912, I $ (G. Arnold) (TM, Pretoria); Gwai, 16.L1927, 1 $ (NM, 

 Bulawayo). Mozambique: Delagoa Bay, Rikatla, 1 $ (Junod) (BMNH). South 

 West Africa: Aus, i. 1930, 1 $, 5 $ (R. E. Turner) (BMNH). Lesotho: Mamathes, 

 28.ii.1956, 1 $ (Jacot-Guillarmod) (BMNH). South Africa: Bechuanaland, 26 mis 

 N. of Postmasburg, x. 1939, 1 $ (Staff) (SAM, Cape Town) ; V.-L. Kalahari, Gomodimo, 

 iv. 1930, 1 $ (Mus. Exped.) (TM, Pretoria); Britstown, xii. 1970, 1 $ (H. & M. 

 Townes) (Townes); Steynsburg, 1915, 1 <J (Ellenberger) (MNHN, Paris); Murraysburg 

 District, iii. 1931, 1 $; Thee Kloof, Fraserburg District, xi. 1935, 1 $; Knersvlakte, 

 Namaqualand, x. 1950, 1 o*; Strandfontein, ii. 1949, 1 $ (mostly SAM, Cape Town); 

 Bloukrans nr Calvinia, xi. 1931, 1 $ (Ogilwie) (BMNH); Lamberts Bay, xi. 1956, 

 1 $; Leipoldtville, xi. 1956, 1 $; Hexrivier, 1 $ (Mus. Exped.) (SAM, Cape Town); 

 Worcester, i. 1934, 1 <$ (Turner) (BMNH); Swellendam, xii. 1931, 1 $ (Ttirner) 

 (BMNH); Grahamstown, Hilton, xi. 1967, i. 1971, 2 $ (Jacot-Guillarmod) (AM, 

 Grahamstown). 



