Encosternum delegorguei Spinola, 1850

male + female
Encosternum delegorguei

specimens data: bred from specimens of Ga-Modjadji, Limpopo Province, South Africa (picture by courtesy of Cathy Dzerefos)

male
E.delegorguei ♂︎

specimens data: specimen data: 50 km N de Maputo Mozambique (©PMPF)

female
E.delegorguei ♀︎

specimens data: specimen data: Delagoa Bay, South Mozambique (©MRAC)

comments : this species is edible, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessaratomidae

references:
Spinola M. 1850
Dzerefos C. M. & al. 2013

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