Histrionotus omercooperi Koch 1955

Genus Histrionotus: Elytra with two rows of long sharp spines. Two species described: Histrionotus lightfooti (Peringuey, 1892) from Porth Nolloth, Northern Cape, South Africa and Histrionotus omercooperi Koch 1955 from Aus, Namibia.

Histrionotus omercooperi, description in:
Koch C. (1955) Monograph of the Tenebrionidae of southern Africa Vol I (Tentyriinae, MoluriniTrachynotina: Somaticus Hope). Transvaal Museum Memoir 7, page 43.
https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA0000012_545
Epipleural carina of elytra with long (shorter spines in H. lightfooti) and sharply pointed spines (the epipleural margination simple, with the spines inserted on the carina itself); primary costa with identical long spines.

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52366184

Publicado el febrero 22, 2024 11:09 MAÑANA por traianbertau