6. Ethmostigmus trigonopodus (Leach, 1817)

Dacetum capense C.L. Koch, 1847 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. Angola: Roca Congulu, Amboim district, 700–800 m, April 1934, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 2 exx., BMNH 1934.12.4.254; Ghana: Gold Coast, Imperial Bureau of Entomology, leg. A.W.J. Pomeroy, 2 exx., BMNH 1929.9.4.19; Ghana: Gold Coast, West Africa, leg. S.J. Woodward, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.5.17.7-11; Ghana: Achimoto, Gold Coast, 27/5/1938, leg. C. Woodhouse, 1 ex., BMNH?; Malawi: Nyasaland, received 1959, leg. R. C.H. Sweeney, 1 ex., BMNH?; Malawi: Lake Nyassa, Likoma Isl., London School of Tropical Medicine, Pres’d by Prof. P.A. Buxter, leg. R. Howard, 1 ex., BMNH 1950.4.19.28-29; Malawi: Zomba, Nyasaland, leg. J. R. Lennon, 1 ex., BMNH 1950.3.9.3; Malawi: Zomba, Nyasaland, No. 7, leg. J. R. Lennon, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.5.16.10; Malawi: Zomba, Nyasaland, M. 20, 29/1/63, leg. R. C.H. Sweeney, 1 ex., BMNH?; Malawi: Nyasaland, received 1959, leg. R. C.H. Sweeney, 1 ex., BMNH?; Mozambique: Morrumbene (Inhambane), Ecological Survey (University of Cape Town), Jan. 1954, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH?; Mozambique: Magoe (River?) (flows into Zambesi), leg. F. Darling, 2 exx., BMNH 1899.1.15.39 / BMNH 1899.3.7.87-91; Mozambique: Lumbo, Port East Africa, 30/7/1918, leg. A. Laveridge, 9 exx., BMNH?; Nigeria: Sapele, June 1928, London School of Tropical Medicine, Pres’d by Prof. P.A. Buxter, leg. V. B. Wigglesworth, 1 ex., BMNH 1950.4.19.36; Nigeria: N. Nigeria, London School of Tropical Medicine, Pres’d by Prof. P.A. Buxter, leg. Dr. W.B. Johnson, 5 exx., BMNH 1950.4.19.30-35; Nigeria: Ekuri Beach, Obubra distr., S. Nigeria, 23/6/1933, 200’ (366 IN), under logs, Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, leg. I. T. Sanderson, 1 ex., BMNH?; Senegal: Entom. 329, leg. S.J. Chambers, 1 ex., BMNH?; Sierra Leone: Njala, taken in the house, 1927, leg. E. Hargreaves, 1 ex., BMNH 1933.2.14.1; Somalia: Berbera, Somaliland, 3.000 –4.000 ft, leg. G.W. Bury, 1 ex., BMNH 06.3.25.210-224; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge, No. 562, 2.550 ft, 10/9/59, habitat: on ground in camp, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge, No. 5, 2.550 ft, 13/7/59, habitat: base camp on old beach level, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge, No. 572, 2.550 ft, 4/9/59, habitat: cleared ground in camp, leg. R. M.H., 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge, No. 626, 2.550 ft, 20/9/59, habitat: on floor of Zoo. Dept., leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Kigoma, 20/ 10/59, habitat: in Boma, leg. J.A.C., 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge, No. 298, 2.550 ft, 19/8/59, leg. Purchased, 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge, No. 447, 2.550 ft, 27/8/59, leg. J.A.C., 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kapalagulu, No. 559, 2.650 ft, 1/9/59, leg. J.W. - R.H., 2 exx., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge Camp, No. 1, 2.550 ft, 19/8/59, habitat: running on ground, leg. J.A.C., 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge Camp, No. 190, 2.550 ft, 6/ 8/59, leg. Rejabu, 1 ex., BMNH?; Tanzania: Kigoma, Tanganyika, No. 595, received 18/5/1927, leg. C.L. Christy & S. R. B. Pask, 1 ex., BMNH 1928.4.24.14; Tanzania (Zanzibar Isl.): Jambiani, 18/12/1939, No. 158, leg. R. H.W. Pakenham, 1 ex., BMNH 1950.3.7.72; Uganda: Lake Rudolf, mouth of Kaliokwel River, Cambridge Expedition to East African Lakes 1931, leg. E.B. Worthington, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.2.15.151-154; Zimbabwe: Balla Balla, S. Rhodesia, leg. J. Spencer, 6 exx., BMNH 14.10.21.11-13; Zimbabwe: E. Mashonaland, The Devilo Paso, Nov. 1897, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH 99.5.4.103. (Fig. 3).

Type locality. Unavailable reference (Minelli et al. 2006).

General distribution. East Tropical Africa: Tanzania, incl. Zanzibar (TZ), Uganda (UG); Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia (ET); Sudan (SD); Northern Africa: Algeria (DZ); Southern Africa: South Africa (ZA); South Tropical Africa: Angola (AO); Malawi (MW), Mozambique (MZ), Zimbabwe (ZW); West-Central Tropical Africa: Congo (CG); West Tropical Africa: Benin (BJ), Ghana (GH), Nigeria (NG), Senegal (SN), Togo (TG); Western Asia: Turkey (TR); Asia Tropical: West Nepal (NP), Witu Isl. (PG) (Schileyko and Stagl 2004; Minelli et al. 2006).