Investigation of Morphology and Surface Structure ofStenocara eburnea, Namib Desert Beetle

Fog harvesting Namib Desert beetles such as Onymacris unguicularis have recently inspired various synthetic designs to collect water droplets in the dry, arid conditions [1]. To our best of knowledge, first scanning electron microscopy (SEM) microstructure of hydrophobic textured patterns on the dorsal surface of elytra of Stenocara sp. has been reported in 2001 and been attributed to its high efficiency for fog condensations While their explanation of its efficacy for the water collection is valid, it has widely confirmed that the specimen investigated in the aforementioned paper is not Stenocara sp. but Physosterna cribripes Therefore, it was only in 2010 that an actual SEM picture of the apex of the elytra of Stenocara gracilipes has appeared, revealing irregularly lined, jagged bumps