Macrosiagon octomaculata (Gerstaecker, 1855)

Batelka, Jan, 2011, Contribution to the synonymies, distributions, and bionomics of the Old World species of Macrosiagon (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 587-626 : 619

Macrosiagon octomaculata species group

Included species. Macrosiagon octomaculata and M. ukereweana .

Diagnosis. The whole body and the posterior part of the head are covered by short appressed golden setae, pronotal disc and elytra orange with black markings (although completely black specimens occur rarely). Elytra in shape similar to those of M. bifasciata species group. Both species are of the same habitus and similar colour pattern.