Peltacanthina mythodes Hendel, 1914
Head dark red, frons dark red-brown. Thorax and scutellum metallic steel blue, densely rough chagrinized all over, shiny and above with a few tomented brown lines. Abdomen shiny aeneous, pilosity yellowish white shimmering. Legs shiny pitch black. Wings brown with milky white spots.
Original description & illustration of wing in:
Hendel, G. F. 1914. Die Arten der Platystominen. (Mit 4 Tafeln). Abhandlungen des Kaiserlich- und Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien – 8_1: 1 - 410, page 374 https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AZBG_8_1_0001-0410.pdf
Type locality: Malawi
This species is also illustrated in MAD3
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/13-Photographs-of-living-Afrotropical-Platystomatidae-8-Peltacanthina-P-mythodes_fig3_356493903
iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198877878
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