Types of Cuyabasa Bechyné, Palmaraltica Bechyné and Rhynchasphaera Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Oedionychina) of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, with keys to species and descriptions of genitalia, and new combinations for species transferred to the oedionychine Author Roie, Martijn Van Department of Biology, Ecosphere Research Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Belgium. Author D’Hont, Anouk Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation npo (BINCO), Walmersumstraat 44, 3380 Glabbeek, Belgium. Author Konstantinov, Alexander Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c / o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Author Furth, David 0000-0001-6559-1209 Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. furthd @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6559 - 1209 furthd@si.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-07-18 5318 1 67 82 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.3 1175-5326 8158253 4818603A-4CB6-4A6E-9D4D-85C408A0FCC6 Palmaraltica yepezi Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969 ( Figure 6 ) Palmaraltica yepezi Bechyné & Bechyné 1969:54 ( Venezuela , Aragua , Rancho Grande , holotype sex unknown). Measurements. LB = 4.65–5.47 mm ; WB = 2.56–3.30 mm (N=2) Distribution. Venezuela . Type material. Not examined. Additional specimens examined. Venezuela — AR Rancho Grande 1100m 21/3 1966 J. & B. Bechyne , Palmaraltica yepezi B+ B, U.C.V. Collection (1 MIZA , on loan to D. Furth ). Rancho Grande AR . Venezuela 1100m 1-V-51 C.J. Rosales , Palmaraltica yepezi B+ B, U.C.V. Collection (1 MIZA , on loan to D. Furth ) Literature records. VENEZUELA : Aragua : Rancho Grande, 1100 m , 1. V. ( Typus , [male]) et 8. Vii. 1951 , 9. V. 1953 , 5. V. 1957 et 5. Xi. 1958 (F. Fernández Yépez, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 1. V. 1951 (C. J. Rosales, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 15. Iv. 1955 (F. Fernández Yépez et C.. J. Rosales, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 20. Vii. 1949 (P. Fenjves, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 20. Vi. 1965 (F. Rome1·o, Fac.Agron., Maracay); ibid., 27. Iii. 1966 , 13. Vii. 1967 et 21. Iv. 1968 (J. et B. Bechyne, Fac. Agron., Maracay); Carretera Maracay- Choroni, 13. V. 1948 (F. Fernández Yépez, Fac. Agron., Maracay). ( Bechyné & Bechyné 1969 ). Description of genitalia. Specimens studied were not allowed to be dissected. Diagnosis. Palmaraltica yepezi can be separated from P. heteronycha and P. tomentosa by general coloration and habitus ( Figure 6 ), together with the bifid protarsal claws.