Ceroplesis ferrugator marginalis Fåhraeus, 1872

Ceroplesis ferrugator marginalis Fåhraeus, 1872 View in CoL – tribe Ceroplesini

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ETYMOLOGY

Latin: ferrugator , bearing rusted iron; marginalis: with a band on the margin.

SIZE

Previous records: 28–39 mm; Kuzikus specimens (n=14): 26–36 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

February and September; in Kuzikus: end of March–April.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

NAMIBIA • 2 ex.; Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve ; 23°14’17”S 18°23’29”E; 29 Mar.–3 Apr. 2011; day time collecting; J. Constant leg.; I.G.: 31.840; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding (MRAC) GoogleMaps • 5 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 4–10 Apr. 2011; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; MRAC GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 10–13 Apr. 2011; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 3–20 Apr. 2012; P. Léonard leg.; I.G.: 32.691; RBINS GoogleMaps • 2 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Apr. 2011; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 363, 364, respectively”; MIZ GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; Kuzikus Camp ; 23°13’45”S 18°24’04”E; 7 Apr. 2011; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 1772”; MIZ GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Apr. 2011; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 362”; KWRC GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Apr. 2011; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 360”; KWRC GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION

Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of South Africa and Swaziland.

NOTES

From the 58 species composing the genus Ceroplesis Audinet-Serville, 1835 , Ceroplesis ferrugator marginalis is one of the five taxa occurring in Namibia. Our collecting data in the period from end of March to middle of April extends and completes the flight period of the species.