Abstract
A new species Acmaeodera (s. str.) from Tanzania is described and illustrated. A. bertrami n. sp. exhibits an interesting development of the metasternum which is apparently unknown in other Acmaeoderini. A. childreni Laporte & Gory 1835 is synonymised with A. quadrifasciata octodecimpunctata Gory 1840. A reassessment of the subgeneric assignment of some Afrotropical species of Acmaeodera (s. lat.) is given.
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