Chiliarchum freyi (Koch, 1952)

A striking Chiliarchum species in which, like C. bertolonii and C. arnoldi, the two basal impressions of the pronotum are located in the posterior angles and are covered by the lateral stripe of yellowish hair. C. freyi is easily told from all related species by its extremely dense finely sculpted pronotum, with the light lateral hair extending inward to the base of the pronotum, the densely sculpted, multi-ridged elytra, with yellowish hairs on the apical slope, and the particularly coarsely and densely sculpted middle and hind femora.

Original description in:
Koch C. 1952. Die Tenebrioniden des südlichen Afrikas XIII. Vorstudien zu einer Monographie der Molurini, 3. (Col. Tenebrionidae). Entomologische Arbeiten 3
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49571901#page/327/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

Type locality: Punda Maria (Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa)

iNat observations: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=1164267

Publicado el 17 de enero de 2024 por traianbertau