Compseuta capensis (Walker 1873)

Pronotum without lateral keels with rounded lateral angles, with fine punctuation, light brown in colour, narrowly dark on the sides, lateral edge of the pronotum narrowly yellowish with a row of indistinct tiny areolae, costal edge of the hemelytra initially with very small areolae, slightly larger in the last third. Length 2.9-3.0 mm.

Original description in:
Walker, F. 1873. Catalogue of the specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/206325#page/16/mode/1up

Key, redescription & illustration (figure 3) 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: South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal, Maputaland).

Host plant: Dalbergia armata

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175083436

Posted on February 27, 2024 07:02 PM by traianbertau