Encosternum aethiops (Distant, 1898)

male
Encosternum aethiops male

specimen data: type, Salisbbury, Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) (©BMNH)

comments : the pygophore is lacking. As no real difference can be found between this specimen and E. delegorguei Spinola, which has not been included in the discussion by Distant in his original description, it is most probably a junior synonym of E. delegorguei Spinola

references:
Distant W. L. 1898

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