Cypholoba amatonga Peringuey , 1892b

Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Erwin, Terry L., Sithole, Hendrik & Mawdsley, Alice S., 2012, A synopsis of the genus Cypholoba Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anthiini) known to occur in the Republic of South Africa, ZooKeys 181, pp. 23-43 : 28

Cypholoba amatonga Peringuey, 1892b Figs 429

Cypholoba amatonga Péringuey (1892:102b, type locality "Amatongaland, Delagoa Bay," syntype series in South African Museum, Cape Town)

Polyhirma amatonga ( Péringuey) Péringuey (1896:350)

Cypholoba chaudoiri amatonga ( Péringuey) Strohmeyer (1928:321)

Cypholoba amatonga ( Péringuey) Strohmeyer (1928:448)

Diagnosis.

Apparent body length (ABL) 24-28 mm; similar to Cypholoba alveolata but separated from that species by the smaller ABL (31-33 mm in Cypholoba alveolata ) and by the differences in elytral surface sculpture mentioned in the key above.

Materials examined.

2 specimens from the following locality: RSA: Limpopo Province: Soutpansberg.