Cobosella peringueyi (Kerremans, 1906)
General distribution: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Province records: OK
NA, Kavango, Popa Falls, ZMHB.
Type locality:
Lydenburg, “Transvaal” [South Africa]
Type repository:
Lectotype: SAMC
Paralectotypes: MNHN, MRAC
Ecology:
unknown
Flight period:
XI
Size:
14.8-24.1 mm
Remarks:
Currently listed as a syonym of C. laesicollis (Fairmaire, 1902) (Bellamy 2008), but according to M. Volkovitsh a valid species [pers. comm.]. Described by Kerremans (1906) from two specimens, but Holm (1982) cites one more type specimen (erroneously?). Previously not recorded from Namibia.
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