Glymmatophora submetallica Stål 1855

The genus Glymmatophora ('Sculpturated' Millipede Assassin Bugs) was described by Carl Stål in 1853 (Stål, C. 1853. Nya genera bland Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 10. https://archive.org/details/biostor-235032/page/n1/mode/2up ). 35 species of Glymmatophora are knowm from Africa. Glymmatophora submetallica Stål, 1853 is the type species of the genus.

Description by Stål 1855:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15969777#page/51/mode/1up
Dark steel-green; thorax, marginal spots on the abdomen, knees, tibiae and tarsi red, incisions on the thorax, the antennae and the base of the femora black. Length 19 mm, width 7 mm -
'Caffraria interior'

Female (after Horváth 1914): The whole head and the base of the femora are black. The segments of the connexivium are red with a black basal spot. The anterior lobe of the pronotum is marked with a black median vitta which is apically broader.

Type photo: http://www2.nrm.se/en/het_nrm/s/glymmatophora_submetallica.html

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10828701

Reference:
Horváth, G. 1914. Reduviidae novae Africanae. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 12: 109–145.
Key to females: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/254702#page/146/mode/1up

Publicado el 07 de mayo de 2024 por traianbertau