Cypholoba gracilis zuluana
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Genus: Cypholoba
Name
Cypholoba zuluana Basilewsky, 1948 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cypholoba gracilis zuluana Basilewsky (1948[1]:111, type locality “Zululand,” syntype series in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm)
Diagnosis
Apparent body length (ABL) 19–20 mm; similar in general body form and appearance to Cypholoba gracilis gracilis and Cypholoba gracilis scrobiculata but differing from those two subspecies in the pronotal surface sculpturing, as noted in the key. There are also subtle differences in the arrangement and size of the elytral punctures and elytral costae between all three subspecies (see Figs 6–10).
Materials examined
6 specimens from the following localities: RSA: KwaZulu/Natal Province: “E. Zululand,” “Zululand.”
Taxon Treatment
- Mawdsley, J; Erwin, T; Sithole, H; Mawdsley, A; 2012: A synopsis of the genus Cypholoba Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anthiini) known to occur in the Republic of South Africa ZooKeys, 181: 23-43. doi
Other References
- ↑ Basilewsky P (1948) Descriptions de Coleoptérès Carabiques nouveaux d’Afrique et notes diverses sur des espèces déjà connues, III. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 53: 107-111.
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