Renatiella scrobipennis (Haag-Rutenberg 1875)
A black nocturnal or crepuscular Kalahari beetle with numerous shallow grooves on thorax and elytra; found under shrubs and trees in arid plains. (Penrith, M. L. 1979. Revision of the western southern African Adesmiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Cimbebasia, 5(1))
Oblong-oval, black, opaque; the head is biimpressed between the eyes, covered with large punctuations converging in part longitudinally; thorax less transverse, only marginate at the sides in front, evenly rounded, densely scrobiculate-punctate, and some smooth spots on the back; elytra shortly oval, almost immarginate, densely scrobiculate-foveolate; legs a little elongated.
Illustrated in:
Koch C. 1955. Monograph of the Tenebrionidae of southern Africa Vol I (Tentyriinae, Molurini Trachynotina: Somaticus Hope). Transvaal Museum Memoir 7
https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA0000012_541
Original description in:
Haag-Rutenberg, G.J. 1875. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss einiger Gruppen aus der Familie der Tenebrioniden. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 19(7): 1-56
https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb11323431?page=491
iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136112704
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