Laphria grossa Fabricius: Original Description

Fabricius, J. C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg and Leipzig], Page 791-792.


[This is the characterization of the genus on page 791.]

36. ASILUS. Os haustello absque proboscide
Haustellum rectum, bivalve, basi gibbum.
Antennae filiformes.

[This is the characterization of the species, immediately following at the bottom of page 791.]

1. A. hirsutus, niger, thorace abdominisque basi cinereis. Grossus.
Habitat in America. Mus. Banks.
Gigas in hoc genere. Caput nigrum, fronte lateribusque hirsutie longiore cinerea tectis. Rostrum crassum, nigrum, compressum. Thorax niger, superne hirsutie densa, cinerea tectus. Alae cinereae, venis

[This is the continuation of the species characterization, at the top of page 792.]

venis fuscis. Sub scutello puncta duo flava. Abdomen breve, ovatum, primo segmento nudo, nigro, secondo tertioque cinereis, hirtis, reliquis nigris. Pedes nigri, inermes.





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