(FIGS 17–18)
One of the three species from the S. lanipes group distributed in eastern Congo and Uganda. According to Lyneborg & Barkemeyer expected to occur in Tanzania. One remarkable record from South Africa made me study Syritta longiseta Lyneborg & Barkemeyer 2005 (Figure 20) and Syritta pilosa Lyneborg & Barkemeyer 2005 (Figures 21–23) and conclude that the specimen from South Africa is S. lanipes.
Material studied. (South Africa) Durban leg. F. Muir 1♂ coll. CUMZ.
Remarks. New to South Africa.