Lebistina subcruciata Fairmaire, 1894

Diagnosis: Elytra with the posterior patch connected with the suture and reaching nearly the outer margin

Original description in:
Fairmaire, L. 1894. Coléoptères de l'Afrique intertropicale et australe. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 38
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12853648#page/340/mode/1up

Description in English in:
Peringuey, L. 1896. Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. The Coleoptera of South Africa. Part II. Carabidae. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society, 7
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36877514#page/298/mode/1up
Ovate, ampliate behind, moderately convex, hardly shining, rufous with the elytra more yellowish, and having a subquadrate scutellary black patch, and also a large transverse one past the middle, reaching nearly outer margins, and connected with the basal one by the sutural band, there is also an oblong humeral black spot on each side and the sinuation of the posterior margin is moderately well defined; the antennae, with the exception of the first joint, the knees, tibiae, and tarsi are black; head closely punctured with small transverse impressions between the antennae; palpi black; prothorax transverse, short, with the sides rounded, finely and closely punctured, finely rugose, slightly striate in the middle of the disk, with the outer sides somewhat broadly depressed with the margin raised, and the posterior one oblique on each side with the angles acute and straight; scutellum ogival with the apex acute, punctulate; elytra moderately ample, broadly truncate behind, finely striate on the upper part, striae smooth and intervals plane, with moderately close punctures; under side almost smooth, femora moderately thick, tibiae with a moderate groove. Length 9 mm.

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198057370

Posted on 02 de fevereiro de 2024, 06:54 PM by traianbertau