Cacosternum poyntoni Lambiris, 1988
Branch (1988) assigned C. poyntoni to the category “Indeterminate”, i.e. “Taxa that are suspected of being endangered, vulnerable, or rare but for which insufficient information is currently available” (Text from Minter et al., 2004, © SI/MAB Biodiversity Program).
Branch (198), and Lambiris (1988, 1989) describe this species as having a body length of 15 mm and differs from other Cacosternum species in its colour and markings: a bold reticulated pattern of dark brown blotches on a yellow background, both dorsally and ventrally (Text from Minter et al., 2004, © SI/MAB Biodiversity Program).
This species is known only in South Africa in Town Bush Valley, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal (Text from Minter et al., 2004, © SI/MAB Biodiversity Program).