Zanna clavaticeps
Identification note 5
Schmidt 1906 compares clavaticeps to turrita and notes that in clavaticeps the lateral carinae on the cephalic process are the same as the ground color, meaning that the head process shows only 4 colored stripes (2 on each side), while in turrita the lateral carinae are also colored so that species shows 6 colored stripes (3 on each side)
Author 5
Karsch, 1890
Synonymy 5
Pyrops clavaticeps
Description (original) 5
Pyrops clavaticeps nov. spec. (Taf II, Fig. 4). - Griseo- ferrugineus, capite supra subtusque, disco thoracis scutelloque nec non pedibus tegminibusque densius, horum tamen area costali sparse nigro-conspersis; processu capitis utrinque ritta longitudi- nali angusta rubra percurrente apice confluentibus, supra utrin- que vitta angusta longitudinali apice evanescente rubra ornato, apice utrinque nigro nitente; abdomine nigro, segmentis postice late pallide marginatis; alis infuscatie, area media venis trans- versis destituta areaque anali hyalina, margine postico apice subhyalino. Processus capitis thorace scutelloque ad unum - dimidio longior, apicem versus sensim angustatus. apice ipso
subclavato-rotundatus. 9. Long. corp. 22-26 mill., exp. tegm. 36-45 mill, long, processus capitis 9 mill., thoracis cum scutello 6 mill.
Mehrere Exemplare dieser durch den am Ende keulenförmig verdickten Fortsatz des Kopfes und die dunkeln mit hellen Stellen versehenen Hinterflügel ausgezeichneten kleinen Pyropa-Art befinden sich, von Herrn Oberstabsarzt Dr. Falkenstein in Chinchoxo (Loango) gesammelt, im Königlichen Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Ein einzelnes Exemplar hat Herr J. M. Hildebrandt in Sansibar erbeutet.
Description (translated) 5
Pyrops clavaticeps nov. spec. (Taf II, Fig. 4). - Rusty-gray, the head above and below, the disc of the thorax and the scutellum, and not even the feet and coverts more densely, the costal area of these, however, being sparsely sprinkled with black; on the process of the head, on both sides, a narrow longitudinal red ribbon running through the apex, converging, above on both sides a narrow longitudinal ribbon with a fading red ornament, the apex on both sides shining black; the abdomen is black, the posterior segments broadly margined with pale; wings infuscate, the middle area devoid of transverse veins and the anal area hyaline, the posterior margin with a subhyaline tip. Process of head thorax and scutellum to one and a half long, gradually narrowed towards the apex. at the tip itself
subclavate-rounded. 9. Long. corp. 22-26 million, exp. roof 36-45 mm, long, head process 9 mm, thorax with scutellum 6 mm.
Several specimens of this small Pyropa species, characterized by the thickened club-shaped head extension at the end and the dark hind wings with light spots, are found by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Falkenstein collected in Chinchoxo (Loango), in the Royal Museum of Natural History in Berlin. Mr. J. M. Hildebrandt captured a single copy in Zanzibar
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