Ocnodes procrustes (Westwood, 1875)

Easily identified by the granulose-punctate elytral surface.

Original description & illustration in:
Westwood, J. O. 1875. Descriptions of new Heteromerous Coleoptera. Transactions of The Royal Entomological Society of London 23
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14674108#page/246/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14674108#page/489/mode/1up

Translated from Latin:
Black, minutely punctate; elytra ovate, marginated, base glabrous, shiny; mesonotum exposed above, convex and punctate; medium-sized, thick legs; front tibiae with elongated slender spur (calcarium), with a blunt tip; hind tibiae curved, external apical angle produced and obliquely truncated.

Type locality: Maputo, Mozambique

The head and pronotum are finely and closely punctured; the latter is very convex, regularly rounded at the sides, which are finely marginated, the greatest width being across the middle, with the posterior angles rounded off, and two slight impressions near the hind margin; the exposed part of the mesonotum in the place of a broad scutellum is strongly punctured; the extreme base of the elytra is raised towards the suture and glossy, the remainder being very finely and minutely granulose-punctate; the sides are margined, and on the disc of each are very faint traces of two longitudinal striae; the anterior tibiae are broad, slightly curved and flattened, with a longitudinal impression on the upper side ; the terminal calcar is elongated, narrow and rounded at the tip; the hind tibiae are rather curved, with the outer apical angle considerably and broadly produced and truncate. The body beneath is black, polished and punctured, the middle part of each ventral segment being densely covered with minute punctures and clothed with pitchy-brown, velvet-like plush, less distinct on the terminal segment; the prosternum between the anterior coxae has its lateral margins thin and slightly raised, and with a slender smooth impressed line down the middle.

This species is illustrated in:
Kamiński et al (2019). A catalogue of the tribe Sepidiini Eschscholtz, 1829 (Tenebrionidae, Pimeliinae)
Figure 39: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34241/zoom/fig/11/

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196836454

Posted on 05 de fevereiro de 2024, 03:48 PM by traianbertau