Asthenochirus plicatulus Fairmaire 1884

Subovate, very convex, black, covered with pale and yellow setae. Pronotum two and a half times as wide as it is long. Head anteriorly with transverse furrow. Elytra coarsely punctate and striped, the stripes with transverse folds, epipleura punctate.

Original description in:
Fairmaire, L. 1884. DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF SOUTH-AFRICAN TENEBRIONIDÆ. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society, 4(2), 197–199. doi:10.1080/21560382.1884.9526207
https://sci-hub.ee/10.1080/21560382.1884.9526207

Distrubution: South Africa, Eswatini; Zimbabwe; Namibia.

iNat observations: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/651670-Asthenochirus-plicatulus/browse_photos

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