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Cypholoba sp.
lunghezza: 27 mm

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Molto probabilmente Cypholoba rutata (Peringuey, 1892) conosciuta dal Mozambique, Sudafrica, Zimbabwe - comunque questo fatto non esclude la sua presenza nello Zambia.

Elytral surface markedly rugose, each elytron with a narrow linear band of yellow setae along suture on basal third.
Apparent body length 22–27 mm; similar in body proportions and surface sculpturing to Cypholoba graphipteroides and Cypholoba leucospilota but lacking the oblique bands of white setae and pubescence that are found at the apical third of the elytra in those species.

Polyhirma rutata Péringuey (1892b:101, type locality “Zambeze,” syntype series in South African Museum, Cape Town).