Trichodes penicillatus Schenkling
- Dataset
- Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Trichodes HERBST, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cleridae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Cleridae
- genus
- Trichodes
- species
- Trichodes penicillatus
description
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
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 ProducedbytheCartographicResearchLab UniversityofAlabama Collecting period January, June – July, December.
materials_examined
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 – 1000 m, 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; 7.39 S 35.26 E; 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)
Name
- Homonyms
- Trichodes penicillatus Schenkling