Drosochrus externus Koch, 1958

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, Lumen, Ryan, Müller, Ruth, Kanda, Kojun, Robiche, Gérard & Smith, Aaron Dennis, 2021, Illustrated Catalog of the Subtribe Helopinina Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Pedinini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (3), pp. 537-578 : 556

1. Drosochrus externus Koch, 1958 ( Fig. 10D ) Drosochrus externus Koch 1958: 162 .

Type Data. Syntypes, five specimens (Ditsong Museum):“Damaraland:Arandis, III.1953, F.Gaerdes ” .

Distribution. NAMIBIA: Arandis ( Koch 1958).

Note. Although the studied type specimen is labeled as a lectotype ( Fig. 10D ), this designation was never formalized in publication. Therefore, the specimen presented on Fig. 10D should still be considered a syntype.

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Fig. 10. Type specimens of species representing the genus Drosochrus. A–C) Subgenus Drosochrus: A) D. collaris, B) D. crenulatus laevicostatus, C) D. kalahariensis. D–F) Subgenus Desertosochrus: D) D. externus, E) D. piligaster, F) D. labuschagnei.