Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Author
Sekerka, Lukáš
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2016
2016-07-15
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journal article
56063
10.5281/zenodo.5305725
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0374-1036
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Key to species of
Agenysa
1 Whole explanate margin of elytra covered with elevated reticulation. ........................... 2
– Explanate margin of elytra with elevated reticulation only around its midlength or completely smooth. ................................................................................................................ 3
2 The reticulation is higher and narrower, strongly shiny and is enclosing relatively large fields that are velvet-like, smooth and only finely punctate on sides. Dorsum green or greenish-blue but never mostly dark blue. Central
Brazil
,
Bolivia
. ................................... .........................................................................................
A. desmaresti
(
Boheman, 1850
)
– The reticulation is lower, broader and denser thus enclosing smaller fields. Surface of field irregular and moderately but distinctly punctate. Dorsum blue or with slight greenish tint. Costal south
Brazil
,
Argentina
,
Paraguay
,
Uruguay
. ................................................... ...........................................................................................
A. parellina
(
Boheman, 1850
)
3 Disc of elytra moderately convex, in lateral view highest approximately in the middle. Apical third of elytra without elevated reticulation, only traces are visible as punctate lines. ................................................................................................................................ 4
– Disc of elytra strongly convex, in lateral view highest in postscutellar point. Apical third of elytra with low but distinctly elevated reticulation. .................................................... 5
4 Dorsum bright metallic green, blue or turquoise. Pronotum widest around midlength and regularly converging to both sides. Upper Amazon Basin. ...
A. connectens
(
Baly, 1869
)
– Dorsum black with bronze tint. Pronotum widest in anterior third thus it looks more constricted basally than apically. Lowland
Peru
. .................
A. stragulata
(
Boheman, 1862
)
5 Reticulation on elytral disc high, strongly shiny and enclosing smaller velvet-like inside fields, which are nearly impunctate and thus the beetle looks generally shinier. ............ 6
– Reticulation on elytral disc low, moderately shiny and enclosing larger velvet-like inside fields, which are finely but distinctly punctate and thus the beetle looks more opaque. .... 7
6 Reticulation on disc of elytra wide and densely punctate. Lower Amazon (Guyanas,
Amapá
,
Pará
, etc.). ........................................................
A. caedemadens
(
Lichtenstein, 1796
)
– Reticulation on disc of elytra narrow and impunctate.
Bolivia
........................................... ...................................................................................................
A. boliviana
Spaeth, 1916
7 Dorsum dark olive green or black, sometimes with slightly indicated red reticulation on explanate margin. Northern part of Andes to N
Peru
. ..................................................... 8
– Dorsum bright metallic green, explanate margin always with red reticulation. Southern part of Andes from
Peru
to
Argentina
and adjacent lowlands towards the Amazon Basin. .................................................................................................
A. peruviana
Spaeth, 1915
8 Elytra uniformly black or olive green. .............................
A. lacertosa
(
Boheman, 1862
)
– Explanate margin of elytra with more or less indicated red reticulation. ........................... ..............................................................................................
A. calvata
(
Boheman, 1862
)