Xanthephialtes schoutedeni Benoit 1954

Xanthephialtes schoutedeni Benoit, 1954 Figs 17–21, 22 Holotype. In Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (RMCA). Type locality. Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Material examined. Holotype • 1 female. Democratic Republic of Congo, Tshikapa; Oct. 1921; Henri Schouteden leg.; RMCA. Non-type material • 41 females. Uganda, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara; Tapani Hopkins leg.; malaise traps; ZMUT; http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.1778, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.2017, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.3951, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.4429, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.6018, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.8590, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.8850, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.11504, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.14921, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.14938, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.15760, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.15931, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.15932, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.15935, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.16020, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.16034, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.16039, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.16143, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.16929, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.17203, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.17249, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.17372, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.17469, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.17501, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.17937, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.18040, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.18056, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.18278, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.19377, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.19378, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.19743, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.19929, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.20593, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.24430, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.24630, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.26240, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.26675, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.26680, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.26895, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.28297, http://mus.utu.fi/ ZMUT.28358. Distribution. Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Uganda. Biological notes. The host (s) are unknown but could be wood-boring insects judging by the similarity of the ovipositor to Dolichomitus. The Ugandan specimens were mainly caught in primary forest and seemed to be concentrated around two traps (HILLT 1 and R 93 T 2), which were next to the canopies of recently fallen trees. Other traps with dead wood nearby (e. g. CCT 1) did not catch noticeably large amounts of specimens. Variation. The Ugandan specimens differ significantly in colouration compared to the holotype (see Discussion).