Conicobruchus strangulatus

Key to the Conicobruchus strangulatus species group based on external morphology of the adults (see Fig. 1) 1. Pronotum short, its sides not concave, not compressed anteriorly into a neck. Mostly red, with dark markings on elytra................................................................................................ C. decoratus - Pronotum long with sides concave, produced anteriorly into a neck.............................................. 2 2 (1). Elytra with bare spots alternating with densely setose patches........................................ C. cicatricosus - Elytra uniformly covered with setae....................................................................... 3 3 (2). Pronotum bearing brushes and spots of dense white setae, quite noticeable on black background........... C. flabellicornis - Lack of white setae spots on pronotum.................................................................... 4 4 (3). Last visible tergite and elytra black or dark reddish-brown......................................... C. strangulatus - Last visible tergite red.................................................................................. 5 5 (4). Body mostly deep reddish brown, elytra mainly black, pronotum with a longitudinal line of whitish setae..... C. rubricollis - Body black, elytra bright orange with suture black............................................... C. atrosuturalis
Published as part of Le Ru, Bruno P., Delobel, Alex, Gy��rgy, Zolt��n, Genson, Gwena��lle & Kergoat, Gael J., 2014, Taxonomy, host-plant associations and phylogeny of African Crotalaria - feeding seed beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae): the Conicobruchus strangulatus (F��hraeus) species group, pp. 238-256 in Zootaxa 3895 (2) on page 253, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/226173