Mariazofia ponderosa (Fåhraeus, 1870)

Subovate, black, glabrous, shiny, sparse punctuation, pronotum black (without red coloration) rounded-expanded, distinctly edged at the sides, with transverse impression on the base; elytra very convex, with obsolete ribs, a broad longitudinal blood red band bordering the suture (occupying almost a third of the elytral surface); femora thin, tibiae densly yellowish-pubescent.
Length 25-26 mm.

Original description in:
Fåhraeus (1870) Coleoptera Caffrariae, annis 1838–1845 a J. A. Wahlberg collecta. Heteromera descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 27
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38006#page/28/mode/1up

Description in:
Haag-Rutenberg G (1871) Beiträge zur Familie der Tenebrioniden (II. Stück). Coleopterologische Hefte VII
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81206#page/224/mode/1up

Type locality: NE South Africa 'Caffraria' (Insects collected by Wahlberg are often labelled Caffraria, but as clarified by Boheman who described many of Wahlberg's Coleoptera, ʻCaffrariaʼ refers to the north-eastern part of South Africa, from approximately 30°25′ to 23°00′S and 32°40′ to 27°00′E (the entire provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Gauteng, the eastern half of the Free State, the extreme eastern part of the North-West and only the north-eastern tip of the Eastern Cape Province). This is totally different to the common British use of Kaffraria refering to the eastern half of what is today the Eastern Cape Province.

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103387664

Publicado el 17 de enero de 2024 por traianbertau