ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex
Author
Opitz, Weston
Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry / Entomology, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
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Labasiella eugeniae
(
SOLERVICENS
,
1998) (
Figs 22
,
49
,
71
,
79
,
103
)
Exochonotus eugeniae
SOLERVICENS 1998: 82
.
Holotype
:
♂
.
Parque Nacional Pan de Az
ủcar,
Provincia de Chañaral
, III
Región
,
Chile
(
MNNC
). A second label reads: En troncos secos
de
Euphorbia
lactiflua. A third label reads: Nacen en laboratorio
Nov. 1997
.
Allotype
and
15 paratypes
from the same locality as the
holotype
(
MNNC
).
SOLERVICENS, 2000: 37
(
Exochonotus
); 2005: 51 (
Exochonotus
).
Figs 61-62:
Pronotum and prothoracic venter of
Amphelissus meieri
.
(61
) Pronotum. (
62
) Prothoracic venter.
Diagnosis: The large capitulum (
Fig. 22
) will distinguish the members of this species from congeners. Additional characteristics involve: Elytral asetiferous punctures striate, epipleural margin serrulate near elytral apex.
Description: This species was adequately described and illustrated by
SOLERVICENS (1998: 82)
. Additional information involves: Antenna as in
Fig 22
,
pronotum as in
Fig. 49
habitus as in
Fig. 79
, and aedeagus as in
Fig. 103.
Natural history: The
type
series was reared in the laboratory from a dry stem of a Chilean plant called ̎lechero̎ [
Euphorbia lactiflua
PHIL. (Euphorbiacea)].
Distribution (
Fig.71
): Known only from
Chile
.