Diestecopus bechuanus

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, Lumen, Ryan, Müller, Ruth, Kanda, Kojun, Robiche, Gérard & Smith, Aaron Dennis, 2021, Illustrated Catalog of the Subtribe Helopinina Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Pedinini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (3), pp. 537-578 : 553

2. Diestecopus bechuanus ( Hesse, 1935) ( Fig. 8B ) Blastarnus bechuanus Hesse 1935: 567. Diestecopus bechuanus : Koch 1958: 153.

Type Data. Holotype, female (Ditsong Museum): “Kuke Pan, 21-30.iii.30”. Paratypes: male: same data as holotype; female (Ditsong Museum): “Kaotwe, 8-12.iv.30”; male (Ditsong Museum): “Kopjes, Mabeleapudi, 7-9.iv.30”.

Distribution. BOTSWANA: Kaotwe, Kuke Pan, Mabeleapudi ( Hesse 1935).

Figures

Fig. 8. Type specimens of species representing the genus Diestecopus. A) D. arenicola, B) D. bechuanus, C) D. ctichus, D) D. histrio, E) D. martinsi, F) D. namaqua.