Cleptria cinctiventris Stål 1855

Diagnosis: Prothorax wholly black. Eyes moderately prominent. Legs black. Abdomen hardly furrowed beneath.

Original description in:
Stål, C. 1855. Hemiptera från Kafferlandet - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar tolfte årgången page 41.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15969777#page/53/mode/1up
Type locality: 'Natal'

Redescription in:
Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana, vol3
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35350#page/119/mode/1up
Translated from Latin:
Black; borad costal margin of corium, abdomen above and a broad lateral and apical margin underneath reddish saffron-coloured (croceus [luteus in original description 1855]); eyes moderately prominent; hemelytra barely surpassing the apex of the abdomen; abdomen beneath very obsoletely longitudinally furrowed in the middle, convex.
'Caffraria'

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

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192309859

Publicado el 29 de enero de 2024 por traianbertau