Apteroscirtus Karsch 1891

Genus Apteroscirtus Karsch, 1891

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The genus Apteroscirtus was erected on A. denudatus Karsch from Kamerun (Karsch 1891). Characters differentiating Apteroscirtus from Gymnoscirtus are found in the width of the fastigium verticis and the male subgenital plate. Except for A. inalatus (Karsch) both known species of Apteroscirtus have strongly reduced wings that are tiny round lobes protruding laterally from the posterior margin of the pronotum. Gymnoscirtus uniguiculatus occurs syntopically with Apteroscirtus species in the West and East Usambara Mountains as well as in the Uluguru Mountains. Adult males of both genera may easily be distinguished by the wings present in Gymnoscirtus which are tiny, hardly visible lobes in Apteroscirtus males.