Trichodes penicillatus Schenkling

Gerstmeier, Roland & Huesmann, Andrea, 2004, Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Trichodes HERBST, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cleridae), Zootaxa 694, pp. 1-22 : 17-18

Trichodes penicillatus Schenkling (Plate 3; Figs. 27–31 )

Trichodes penicillatus Schenkling, 1909: 94 . unimaculatus Pic, 1938: 38 , syn. nov.

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.; 800–1000m, 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; 7.39S 35.26E; 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)

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

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

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Collecting period

January, June–July, December.

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 31. Trichodes penicillatus. FIGURE 27. Aedeagus ventrally. FIGURE 28. Aedeagus laterally. FIGURE 29. Male sternum VIII. FIGURE 30. Pygidium. Scale 1 mm. FIGURE 31. Distribution