Cypholoba gracilis zuluana Basilewsky, 1948

Mawdsley, Jonathan R., Erwin, Terry L., Sithole, Hendrik & Mawdsley, Alice S., 2012, A synopsis of the genus Cypholoba Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anthiini) known to occur in the Republic of South Africa, ZooKeys 181, pp. 23-43 : 29

Cypholoba gracilis zuluana Basilewsky, 1948 Figs 10 30

Cypholoba gracilis zuluana Basilewsky (1948:111, type locality “Zululand,” syntype series in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm)

Diagnosis.

Apparent body length (ABL) 19-20 mm; similar in general body form and appearance to Cypholoba gracilis gracilis and Cypholoba gracilis scrobiculata but differing from those two subspecies in the pronotal surface sculpturing, as noted in the key. There are also subtle differences in the arrangement and size of the elytral punctures and elytral costae between all three subspecies (see Figs 6-10).

Materials examined.

6 specimens from the following localities: RSA: KwaZulu/Natal Province: "E. Zululand," “Zululand.”