Cryptocephalus octopustulatus Thunberg 1787

A small species (length 3.6-4.3mm). Head black with a large orange spot on frons, large eyes. Pronotum
completely black, almost impunctate, basal pronotal margin with a row teeth. Elytra glabrous, punctation of elytra arranged in regular lines distinct to elytral apex, interstices with rows of micro-punctures, each elytron black with 4 orange red spots.

Distribution: South Africa (Western Cape and Eastern Cape)

Illustrated in:
Olivier, A. G. 1808. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Tome 8, fig 88
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125988#page/313/mode/1up

Photos of type, figures 26-32, in:
Schöller, Matthias; Bezděk, (2018). Cryptocephalus Species Described from South Africa by Johan Christian Fabricius and Carl Peter Thunberg (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Annales Zoologici, 68(4), 749–768. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.003
https://sci-hub.ee/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.003

iNat observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1515965-Cryptocephalus-octopustulatus/browse_photos

Posted on January 11, 2024 04:19 PM by traianbertau