Graphipterus bivittatus simulator Péringuey, 1892
Head covered with a yellow pubescence without any median longitudinal denudation; first and second joint of the antennæ and basal part of the third reddish; prothorax, with the outer sides crenulate, covered with deep ochre-yellow hairs in the centre, turning to white on the sides, and without any median longitudinal band; elytra elongato-quadrate, covered with white hairs and having on each side, close to the suture, a broad black band reaching from base to apex and of equal width throughout, a narrower, very dark, almost black, narrow line, equi-distant from the black band and the outer margin, and a still narrower line of lighter brown between that one and the outer margin, the background is thus divided into a sutural, two dorsal, and a marginal yellowish-white bands; abdominal segments hairless; legs black. Length 12 mm.; width 54 mm.
Closely allied to G. bivittus bivittatus, but more quadrate, the black band near the suture is not at all attenuate behind, and the dorsal bands are very well defined, broader, and deeper in colour.
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Original description in:
Peringuey, L. 1892. Third contribution to the South African coleopterous fauna. On beetles collected in tropical south-western Africa by Mr. A.W.ERIKSSON. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society, 6 (2): 1-94.
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Type locality: Odanga, Cunene River, Ovamboland, Namibia
iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195694161
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