Bursinia carinata

Horvath, 1936

Information

Description

Length ♂♀ (without cephalic process): 4,26-4,50 mm. Length of cephalic process: 0,78 mm. Yellow-testaceous. Head, pronotum and mesonotum with a median, longitudinal keel. Apex of cephalic process in sideview yellow and convex. Ante-oculair area does not reach top of the cephalic process. Cephalic process 2/5 (male) or half (female) longer than the basal width. Front in the center completely pale, to the sides densely and distinctly black-punctured. Clypeus with notable black, transversal grooves. Cheeks without black spots. Forewings pale, veins concolorous. Abdomen dorsally disc-shaped punctated. Abdominal segments in transversal view with 3-4 black points. Tarsi yellow-brownish. Femur and tibia with small and irregular punctation. Tibia at rear end paler and with some black spines. Tarsus apically blackish.

(Description is based on the original description (Horvath, 1936).

Ecology

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Distribution

Only known from Spain. Horvath (1936) mentions Pozuelo de Calatrava and Alcira.

References
  • Horvath, G. 1936. Las especies españolas del género Bursinia Costa, con descripción de cinco especies nuevas (Hem., Fulg.). EOS 11: 385-387. (Description)