Cymophorus (Pseudocymophorus) hilaris (Boheman, 1857)

Easily distinguished by its blood-red abdomen, the orange-coloured elytra, with a broad irregular black sutural mark, and also by the hind part of the prothorax not being narrowed at the shoulders.

Type locality: Limpopo valley

Original description in:
Boheman, C. H. (1857). Insecta Caffraria annis 1838-1845 a J.A.Wahlberg collecta amici auxilios sultus descripsit. Coleoptera.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48646#page/58/mode/1up

Rediscription & illustration in:
Westwood, J. O. (1874). Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis: or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, for the most part contained in the collections presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F.W. Hope ... with forty plates from drawings by the author.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49351#page/48/mode/1up
Plate 8, fig. 10: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49351#page/253/mode/1up

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198064287

Posted on February 1, 2024 11:44 AM by traianbertau