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Agrilus guerryi Obenberger, 1933


General distribution: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Province records: ER

Syntype: NMPC.

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Type locality:

“Rhodesia” [Zimbabwe]


Type repository:

Holotype ♂: NMPC



Ecology:

This apparent lygaeid-mimicking species was collected in South Africa by beating Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. (Fabaceae). (Bellamy & Westcott 1988)



Flight period:

I


Size:

15 mm


Remarks:

Previously not recorded from Namibia. The spelling “guercyi” given in recent catalogues is incorrect and does not correspond with the original description. [unpubl.]


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