Mariazofia farta (Péringuey, 1904)

Black, with rufescent longitudinal band bordering the suture; antenae and legs clothed with a very short, fulvescent pubescence; prothorax broadly and roundly ampliated, moderately convex, finely and not closely punctulate; elytra slightly convex, ampliato-ovate, strongly declivous behind without costae (ribs) in the anterior part, but with four longitudinal, shallow broad sulci and long, densely set, greyish flavescent hairs in rows.

Type locality: Polokwane (Limpopo, South Africa)

Original description in:
Péringuey LA (1904) Sixth contribution to the South African Coleopterous fauna. Annals of the South African Museum 3
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1510606#page/268/mode/1up

Illustrated in Koch C. 1955. Monograph of the Tenebrionidae of southern Africa Vol I (Tentyriinae, Molurini Trachynotina: Somaticus Hope). Transvaal Museum Memoir 7
https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA0000012_541

This species is illustrated in Marcin Jan Kamiński et al 2019: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34241/zoom/fig/11/

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101311702

Publicado el 17 de enero de 2024 por traianbertau