Genus Gelotopoia Brunner von Wattenwyl

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The genus Gelotopoia was erected on G. bicolor from Sierra Leone by Brunner von Wattenwyl (1891). A wide distribution was given for this monotypic genus by Ragge (1980) covering West, Central, East and South West Africa. Studying the specimens in the Natural History Museum London showed that more than one species is present. Differences are seen in the genitalic apparatus as well as in the shape of the pronotum and the spination of the legs. Thus probably new species are present occurring in Angola, Uganda and the East Usambara Mountains. Here the species from the East Usambara Mountains is newly described as G. amabilis n. sp.