Caprochromus longisetosus (Slater 1964)

Head thickly clothed with decumbent silky pile. Body sparsely clothed with very elongate, upstanding yellowish hairs. Antennae elongate and slender, fourth segment narrowly fusiform and curved. Pronotum with anterior lobe moderately convex. Hemelytra brachypterous, membrane reduced, mesally not exceeding fifth abdominal tergite, acuminate posteriorly.

Original description (Paradieuches longisetosus) in:
Slater, J.A. 1964. Hemiptera (Heteroptera) Lygaeidae. In: Handstrom, Brinck & Rudebeck (Eds.). South African Animal Life, 10, 15–228.

Photo of holotype (Lund collection): https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Paradieuches+longisetosus+

Type localiy: South Africa, Western Cape, Swartberg pass, Platberg

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240020705

Publicado el septiembre 7, 2024 05:20 MAÑANA por traianbertau