Zanna ornata

Author 1

Melichar, 1908

Description (original) 1

Sordide grisea, dense nigropunctata; capite in processum longum, leviter compressum producto, longitudine 12 mm, ante apicem leviter constricto, carinis tribus undulatis dorsalibus, ca- rina una laterali punctis 5 miniatis instructis; fronte dense nigro- punctata, punctis 8 miniatis in series duas positis ornata; ma- cula basali verticis maculaque angulorum basalium scutelli non laevigatis sed dense nigro punctatis: processu triangulari posto- culari non foveolato; pronoto, scutello tegminibusque dense ni- gropunctatis, tegminibus subhyalinis, punctis majoribus disemi- natis instructis; alis hyalinis, pellucidis, nigrovenosis; dorso nigro, ventre remote nigropunctato, pectore pedibusque dense nigropunctatis, apicibus articulorum tarsorum nigris.

Description (translated) 1

Dirty gray, densely punctuated with black; head into a long process, slightly compressed by the product, length 12 mm, before the apex slightly constricted, with three wavy dorsal carinae, one lateral carina furnished with 5 minute points; the front is densely black-pointed, ornamented with 8 miniaturized points placed in a series of two; the basal spots of the vertex and the spots of the basal angles of the scutellum are not smooth but densely dotted with black: the postocular triangular process is not foveolate; pronotum, scutellum and teguments densely black-punctate, subhyaline teguments, furnished with scattered larger dots; wings hyaline, transparent, black; the back black, the belly remotely black punctate, the chest and feet densely black punctate, the tips of the ankles black.

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  1. (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Distribution East Africa