Trichodes penicillatus Schenkling

• Main Authors: Gerstmeier, Roland, Huesmann, Andrea
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Cleridae; Trichodes; Trichodes penicillatus; Indian; Roland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269352; https://zenodo.org/record/6269352

Trichodes penicillatus Schenkling (Plate 3; Figs. 27–31) Trichodes penicillatus Schenkling, 1909: 94. unimaculatus Pic, 1938: 38, syn. nov. Type material Holotype. Ψ D. O. Afrika; Süd­Pare; 19–20.VII. 1904; C. Uhlig S.G. (ZMB) Specimens examined 3 specimens, Africa or.; Ikutha (ZMB); 2 specimens, Mulango; Kitwi (ZMB); 2 specimens, Usambara; Neu Bethel; 8.XII. 1904 (ZMB); 1 specimen, Brit. O. Afrika; Kibwesi; 1906; leg. Scheffler (ZMB); 1 specimen, Ethiopia VI. 94; Sidamo Prov.; 60–80 km N Yavello; Werner leg. (CRG); 2 specimens Kenya XII. 91; Sagala Hills; Werner leg. (CRG); Tanzania – Ruaha N.P.; 800–1000m, 2.XII. 89; R. Mourglia legit (CRG); 1 specimen, Tanzania 1.XII. 90; Ruaha Nat. Park; G. Curletti leg. (MCCI); 2 specimens, Tanzania (Singida); Sanza 13–14.I. 1996; G. Curletti leg (MCCI); 1 specimen, Tanzania 16.XII. 1997; Nyamahana; 7.39 S 35.26 E; G. Curletti leg. (CRG); 2 specimens, Tanzania (Singida); Heka 15.I. 1996; G. Curletti leg. Trichodes unimaculatus Pic, 1938, syn. nov.: “ Holotype ” ɗ Miss. E. Zavattari; nei Borana A. O.I.; Morale V. 1937 (MNHN); “ Paratype ” ɗ “Co­Typus”; Miss. E. Zavattari; nei Borana A. O.I.; Morale V. 1937 (MCSN) Description Length: 6.5–13 mm (21 specimens) Head including eyes broader, equal or smaller than apex of pronotum; green to blue; finely punctate; with long, dark and pale pubescence; antennal base reddish, darker towards club. Pronotum longer than broad (length:width ratio 1.16); lateral margin subparallel, rarely sinuate, constricted towards base; coarsely punctate; diameter of punctures smaller towards lateral margin; glossy green or olive­green; with long, dark and short, pale pubescence. Elytral ground color reduced to one or two spots. Elytra green to greenish­blue; almost three times as long as broad (length:width ratio 2.92); deeply punctured in rows, more irregularly and finely towards apex; diameter of punctures larger than intervals, intervals glossy; apex rounded to very slightly bevelled; frequently with a long tuft of hairs on the shoulder, but this may be reduced (mostly in males); pubescence sparse and pale, with isolated dark hairs. Legs green; hind tibiae straight; with long, white pubescence. Ventral surface green; with white pubescence. Aedeagus, pygidium and male sternum VIII, see figs. 27–30. Distribution See fig. 31. AFRICA AralSea North Atlantic BlackSea Caspian Sea MediterraneanSea Red Sea LakeChad LakeTurkana Lake Albert Lake Victoria Indian Ocean LakeTanganyika LakeNyasa South Lake Atlantic Kariba 0 1000 Km 1000 Mi . 0 ProducedbytheCartographicResearchLab UniversityofAlabama Collecting period January, June–July, December. : Published as part of Gerstmeier, Roland & Huesmann, Andrea, 2004, Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Trichodes HERBST, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cleridae), pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 694 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158590 : {"references": ["Schenkling, S. (1909) Die afrikanischen Trichodes. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1909, 93 - 97.", "Pic, M. (1938) Nouveaux Coleopteres d'Afrique et mutations. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologiques de France, 63, 82 - 85."]}