Cladoctonus natalensis Eggers, 1936

Jordal, Bjarte H., 2024, An illustrated key to the Afrotropical bark beetle species of Cladoctonus Strohmeyer (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) - a genus of rare cossonine look-alikes, Zootaxa 5514 (6), pp. 577-584 : 580

Cladoctonus natalensis Eggers

( Figs 5–8 )

Cladoctonus natalensis Eggers, 1936: 34

Type material. Holotype, female: [ South Africa] Natal , Malvern [-29.88, 30.92] [ NHMUK].

Diagnosis, female. Length 2.3 mm, 2.3 × as long as wide; frons with a central round, glabrous, impunctate and shiny area. Interstriae 2 on the elytral declivity smooth, without sharp granules as seen in other interstriae.

Distribution: South Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Dorsal, posterior, lateral and front view of females in Cladoctonus affinis (1–4) and Cladoctonus natalensis (5–8).