A comprehensive guide to the Argentinian case-bearer beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Camptosomata)
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Agrain, Federico A.
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Chamorro, Maria Lourdes
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Cabrera, Nora
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Sassi, Davide
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Roig-Junent, Sergio
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Stereoma Lacordaire, 1848
Fig. 12
Stereoma
Lacordaire 1848
: 437;
Chapuis 1874
: 148;
Jacoby 1880
: 34; Jacoby and Clavareau 1907: 71;
Guerin
1943
: 72;
Monros
1953a
: 215;
Moldenke 1981
: 107.
Type species.
Stereoma clitellata
Lacordaire, designated by
Monros
(1953a)
: 215.
Figure 12.
Stereoma clitellata clitellata
Lacordaire (1), left: habitus (dorsal view), right: habitus (lateral view).
Diagnosis.
Sexually dimorphic, with males having enlarged forelegs; head completely concealed within prothorax; mesosternum broad; tarsal segments very transverse, tarsomere III cleft 1/2 length to receive IV; tarsomere IV notoriously short and
thick
; frons with prominent transverse sulcation; lateral margin of pronotum broadly explanate, hind angles broadly rounded. This genus is closely related to
Urodera
, from which it can be separated by the conspicuous development of the legs, since the latter is much larger in males and females compared to
Urodera
.
Distribution.
Seven species and four subspecies are known from Argentina, another 10 species are known from Meridional America (southern part of South America).
Remarks.
Sesbania virgata
(
Fabaceae
) has been cited as a hostplant for
Stereoma
sp. in Argentina (
Monros
1953a
).
Argentinian species checklist.
Stereoma anchoralis
Lacordaire, 1848 (COR).
Stereoma angularis
Lacordaire, 1848 (MNS).
3a.
Stereoma clitellata burmeisteri
Harold, 1875 (CHA, COR, FOR, JUY, LRA, MNS, SAL, SEO, SFE, TUC).
=
Stereoma burmeisteri
Harold, 1875.
3b.
Stereoma clitellata clitellata
Lacordaire, 1848 (CHA, CTS, FOR, MNS, SFE). Host plant:
Fabaceae
:
Acacia decurrens
(
Monros
, 1953a).
3c.
Stereoma clitellata concolor
Lacordaire, 1848 (JUY, SAL, SEO).
=
Stereoma concolor
Lacordaire, 1848.
4a.
Stereoma laevicollis bosqui
Monros
, 1953a (SFE).
4
b.
Stereoma laevicollis laevicollis
(Harold, 1875) (CAT, CHA, FOR, JUY, LRA, SAL, SEO, SLS). Host plant:
Fabaceae
:
Cassia aphylla
(Viana & Williner, 1974).
=
Urodera laevicollis
Harold, 1875.
4c.
Stereoma laevicollis orophila
Monros
, 1953a (JUY, SAL, TUC).
5.
Stereoma obesa
Monros
, 1953a (SEO).
6.
Stereoma seenoi
Moldenke, 1981 (JUY). [
Moldenke (1981)
, mistakenly cited this species from (Jujuy: Bolivia), it belongs to Jujuy: Argentina.].