Compseuta holana Drake 1948

Lateral edge of the pronotum narrowly yellow with fine punctuation, pronotum unicolor dark shiny with light tip and three yellow longitudinal carinae, hemelytra yellowish, coarsely punctuated, costal edge with a single row of initially small, then larger areolae from about the middle. Length 3.2 mm.

Original description in:
Drake, C. J. 1948. The genus Compseuta STÅL (Hemiptera, Tingidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50, no 8
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81132#page/509/mode/1up

Key, redescription & illustration (figure 6) in:
Göllner-Scheiding, U. 2009. Revision der afrotropischen Arten der Gattung Compseuta Stål 1873. Beiträge zur Entomologie, vol. 59, no. 1
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1745/1744

Distribution Ethiopia, Botswana, DR Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150037377

Posted on February 27, 2024 10:00 AM by traianbertau