Afroptera peringueyi Abdalla & Mansell & Sole 2019, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Abdalla, Ishtiag H.
name: Mansell, Mervyn W.
name: Sole, Catherine L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Neuroptera
Nemopteridae
Afroptera
Afroptera peringueyi

description: Afroptera peringueyi (Tjeder, 1967) comb. nov.
(Figs 68, 99, 131, 139, 155)
Synonymy
Nemopterella peringueyi Tjeder, 1967: 484.
Etymology. Named after Louis A. Péringuey, former Director of the South African Museum (Iziko Museums), Cape Town, who collected the type specimen.
Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape Province. Beaufort West, 32°21’00’’S 22°35’00’’E.
Type depository. SAMC.
Diagnosis. Afroptera peringueyi can be easily recognised among the Afroptera species by the uniformly yellowish red head and antennae (Fig. 131) and the reddish brown abdomen (Fig. 131).
Size (mm). Male: body length 8.3 (7–9.5); forewing 21.8 (20.6–22.9); hind wing 49.7 (45.5–52.0); antenna 18 (16.2–20.2). Female: body length 9.5 (8.8–10.8); forewing 20.9 (19.4–23.1); hind wing 44.3 (38.6–50.2); antenna 12.9 (11.4–15.5). (N = 36).
Type material examined. SOUTH AFRICA, Western Cape Province. Holotype ♂ (Fig. 131), SAM–NEU– A001257, CAPE, Beaufort West [32°21’00’’S 22°35’00’’E] (white handwritten label) / ‘New type’ (white handwrit- ten label) / Holotypus ♂, Nemopterella peringueyi Tjed., Bo Tjeder 1966 (red handwritten label). (SAMC).
Other material examined. SOUTH AFRICA, Western Cape Province. 18♂ 4♀, NEUR01243, Karoo Na- tional Park, Stolshoek, 32°19’S 22°29’E, 950m, 22–23.xii.1989, M.W.Mansell, H.&U.Aspöck, / Collected at light; 1♂, NEUR01191, Prince Albert Dist, Tierberg Research Station, 33°08’S 22°17’E, 30.x.1988, W.R.J.Dean; 1♂, NEUR01455, Carnarvon, 30°59’S 22°08’E, 6.xi.1991, M.de Jager; 1♂, NEUR01454, Fraserburg, 12 Km E, 32°01’S 21°32’E, 11.i.1991, M.de Jager; 1♀, NEUR01354, Komkommerleegte Farm, 35 km E Fraserburg, 31°46’S 21°46’E, 1300 m, 16.xii.1989, M.W.Mansell, Handnetted during day; 3♂ 3♀, NEUR01353, Uurhoogte, 11 Km E Fraserburg, 31°52’S 21°36’E, 1280m, 14–16.xii.1989, M.W.Mansell, H.&U.Aspöck; 1♂ 3♀, NEUR08908, Wagon Wheel Motel, Beaufort West, 3222 BC, 11.xi.1986, C.Quickelberge, J.G.H.Londt / Collected at light. (All SANC).
Distribution and habitat. The species is endemic to the Western Cape Province where the ranges of distribution are mainly centred within the Succulent and Nama Karoo Biomes (Fig. 155). In the former biome, the distribution falls mainly within the Rainshadow Valley Karoo Bioregion where the habitat is characterized by the Prince Albert Succulent Karoo vegetation type (see description of the habitat under the distribution of A. exigua). While in the latter, the distribution is confined to the Upper and Lower Karoo Bioregions where the habitat is represented by the Upper Karoo Hardeveld vegetation as described by Mucina & Rutherford (2006). The area comprises steep slopes and large stones, vegetated mostly with dwarf karoo scrub, tall shrubs, succulent shrubs, herbs and grasses. It receives autumn rains with an average of 150–350 mm per year. The habitat features of the lower Karoo are provided under the distribution of A. exigua.
description: Published as part of Abdalla, Ishtiag H., Mansell, Mervyn W. & Sole, Catherine L., 2019, Revision of the southern African genera Nemopterella Banks and Nemia Navás (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae), with descriptions of new genera and species, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4635 (1) on pages 62-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4635.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335102