Note
Location
Africa
Subject
History
Species
All Rhino Species
Description of a new coleopterous insect of the genus Manticora. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology (conducted by Edward Charlesworth), new series, 1 (no. 9): 503-504, fig. 1. [September 1837]
This note, communicated by George Robert Waterhouse (1810-188) dated 19 August 1837, was entirely based on observations by Andrew Smith. It describes and illustrates Manticora latipennis, discovered near Kurrichane. This name for the beetle in the Carabidae is still recognized as Manticora latipennis Waterhouse, 1837.