Monolepta marginella Weise 1903

Monolepta marginella is characterized by dark colour on the elytral disc and broad red elytral margins.
Length: 3.0-4.4 mm.
Head red, antennae long, yellow to reddish, in specimens from South Africa usually last three antennal articles black. Prothorax red. Disc of elytra dark reddish brown or black, lateral and apical margin, including epipleurae red. Scutellum red. Meso- and metathorax red or pale brownish-red. Legs yellow or brownish-yellow. Abdomen red.

Distribution: Central Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania southwards to Mozambique and eastern KwaZulu-Natal.

This species is rediscribed and illustrated in:
Wagner T. 2001. Revision of Afrotropical Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). Part II: Species with red elytra, pronotum and elytra, with descriptions of new species. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 50.
https://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_50_1_2/049_065_BZB50_1_2_Wagner_Thomas.PDF

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20167128

Publicado el 21 de enero de 2024 por traianbertau