Cleptria rufipes Stål 1856

Original description in:
Stål, C. 1856. Hemiptera samlade af Victorin i Caplandet - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar trettonde årgången 13, p. 197
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54172#page/207/mode/1up

Redescription in:
Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana, vol3
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35350#page/120/mode/1up
Translated from Latin:
Blue-black; antennae and hemelytra black; costal margin of corium, a broad margin of the side of the abdomen, and the femora and tibiae coral-red; the base of the femora, the tips of the tibiae black; tarsi faintly brownish-tawny; eyes moderately prominent; hemelytra barely surpassing the apex of the abdomen; abdomen beneath distinctly longitudinally furrowed in the middle, convex

Photos of type (Swedish Museum of Natural History): http://www2.nrm.se/en/het_nrm/r/cleptria_rufipes.html

Type locality: Cape

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191024827

Publicado el 27 de enero de 2024 por traianbertau