Notes on African Oedemeridae, with description of two new species of the genera Anacerdochroa and Probosca from Southern Africa (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea)

In this paper, two new Southern African species are described: Probosca nigra n. sp. (NW Cape Province, South Africa) which differs from the closely related P. endroedyi Vazquez, 1996 by its black colour and by the elytral pubescence not arranged in longitudinal stripes; and Anacerdochroa chlamydata n. sp. (Etosha Natural Park, Namibia) wich differs from A. similis Svihla, 1986 by the quite different colour, i.e., yellowish-brown body and dark brown humeri, and by the shape of the parameres. Additionally, Probosca boiteli Pic in Normand, 1936 (Tunisia) is synonymised with P. viridana W. Schmidt, 1846, and Probosca notaticollis Pic, 1952 (Ethiopia) is redescribed, both based on the study of the type material. In addition, Ditylomorphus blasae Vazquez, 1996 is transferred to the genus Ditylomorphula on the basis of the structure of the male genitalia. Finally, new data on Ditylomorphula crinita Vazquez, 1996 and Ditylomorphula mecophallica Vazquez, 1996 are given.