Cryptocephalus trifurcatus Thunberg 1827

Head with blackish brown markings. Antennomeres I–V yellowish orange, VI to XI dark brown.
Pronotum yellow, with a large, four-lobed black mark resting on the posterior edge, the central lobes expand forward and bend somewhat outwards, while the shorter lateral lobes are plump , shaped liketruncated triangles and maintain an oblique outward direction right from the start. The black mark may be interrupted and appear as two black bands.
Elytra glabrous, yellow, with black markings (two black wavy angled cross bands which are connected along the suture).
Abdomen black. Legs yellow.
Length 4-5 mm.

This species is redescribed and illustrated in:
Schöller, M,; Bezděk, J. (2018). Cryptocephalus Species Described from South Africa by Johan Christian Fabricius and Carl Peter Thunberg (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Annales Zoologici, 68(4), 749–768. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.003
https://sci-hub.ee/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.003

Distribution: South Africa (common in the Western Cape, also recorded from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Mpumalanga).

iNat observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1516097-Cryptocephalus-trifurcatus

Publicado el 17 de enero de 2024 por traianbertau