Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Trichodes HERBST, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cleridae)
Author
Gerstmeier, Roland
Author
Huesmann, Andrea
text
Zootaxa
2004
694
1
22
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158590
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158590
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Trichodes penicillatus
Schenkling
(Plate 3;
Figs. 27–31
)
Trichodes penicillatus
Schenkling, 1909
: 94
.
unimaculatus
Pic, 1938
: 38
,
syn. nov.
Type
material
Holotype
.
Ψ D.
O
. Afrika; SüdPare;
19–20.VII.1904
; C. Uhlig S.G. (
ZMB
)
Specimens examined
3 specimens
, Africa or.; Ikutha (
ZMB
);
2 specimens
, Mulango; Kitwi (
ZMB
);
2 specimens
, Usambara; Neu Bethel;
8.XII.1904
(
ZMB
);
1 specimen
, Brit.
O
. Afrika; Kibwesi; 1906; leg. Scheffler (
ZMB
);
1 specimen
,
Ethiopia
VI.94
; Sidamo Prov.;
60–80 km
N Yavello; Werner leg. (CRG);
2 specimens
Kenya
XII.91
; Sagala Hills; Werner leg. (CRG);
Tanzania
– Ruaha N.P.;
800–1000m
,
2.XII.89
; R. Mourglia legit (CRG);
1 specimen
,
Tanzania
1.XII.90
; Ruaha Nat. Park; G. Curletti leg. (
MCCI
);
2 specimens
,
Tanzania
(Singida); Sanza
13–14.I.1996
; G. Curletti leg (
MCCI
);
1 specimen
,
Tanzania
16.XII.1997
; Nyamahana;
7.39S
35.26E
; G. Curletti leg. (CRG);
2 specimens
,
Tanzania
(Singida); Heka
15.I.1996
; G. Curletti leg.
Trichodes unimaculatus
Pic, 1938
,
syn. nov.
:
“
Holotype
” ɗ Miss. E. Zavattari; nei Borana A.
O
.I.; Morale
V.1937
(
MNHN
); “
Paratype
” ɗ “CoTypus”; Miss. E. Zavattari; nei Borana A.
O
.I.; Morale
V.1937
(
MCSN
)
Description
Length:
6.5–13 mm
(
21 specimens
)
Head including eyes broader, equal or smaller than apex of pronotum; green to blue; finely punctate; with long, dark and pale pubescence; antennal base reddish, darker towards club.
Pronotum longer than broad (length:width ratio 1.16); lateral margin subparallel, rarely sinuate, constricted towards base; coarsely punctate; diameter of punctures smaller towards lateral margin; glossy green or olivegreen; with long, dark and short, pale pubescence.
Elytral ground color reduced to one or two spots.
Elytra green to greenishblue; almost three times as long as broad (length:width ratio 2.92); deeply punctured in rows, more irregularly and finely towards apex; diameter of punctures larger than intervals, intervals glossy; apex rounded to very slightly bevelled; frequently with a long tuft of hairs on the shoulder, but this may be reduced (mostly in males); pubescence sparse and pale, with isolated dark hairs.
Legs green; hind tibiae straight; with long, white pubescence.
Ventral surface green; with white pubescence.
Aedeagus, pygidium and male sternum VIII, see figs. 27–30.
Distribution
See fig. 31.
AFRICA
AralSea
North
Atlantic
BlackSea
Caspian
Sea
MediterraneanSea
Red
Sea
LakeChad
LakeTurkana
Lake
Albert
Lake
Victoria
Indian
Ocean
LakeTanganyika
LakeNyasa
South
Lake
Atlantic
Kariba
0
1000
Km
1000
Mi
.
0
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FIGURES 27–31.
Trichodes penicillatus
. FIGURE 27. Aedeagus ventrally. FIGURE 28. Aedeagus laterally. FIGURE 29. Male sternum VIII. FIGURE 30. Pygidium. Scale 1 mm. FIGURE 31. Distribution
Collecting period
January, June–July, December.