Ootheca mutabilis

Body length not given; maximal width of elytra together 3.30–4.30 mm. Prothorax unicolourous yellowish- to reddish brown, same colour as head. Eyes small; ratio of maximum width of eye to minimal distance between eyes 0.39–0.63. Antenna either entirely yellow to yellowish-red, or only four basal antennomeres brownish to black; length ratio of second to third antennomere 0.60–0.80, third to fourth antennomere 0.80–1.00. Pronotum finely punctured, latero-basal curved impression distinct in large specimens; pronotal width 2.10–2.65 mm, pronotal length 1.20–1.50 mm, ratio of pronotal width to length 1.61–1.90. Elytral punctuation irregular, somewhat coarser than pronotum, surface between punctures shiny, without microsculpture; maximal width of elytra together to length of elytron ratio 0.73–0.84. Legs either entirely reddish-brown to light brown, most specimens with tibia bicolourous with distal two thirds dark brown to black; length ratio of basi-metatarsus to metatibia 0.19–0.30.

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