Definition and Revision of the Spumarius Species-Group of North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
Author
Barney, Robert J.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2017
2017-09-18
71
3
449
460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-71.3.449
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-71.3.449
1938-4394
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Pachybrachis spumarius
Species-Group
Group Diagnosis.
Small beetles, measuring
1.75–2.63 mm
in length. Dorsum yellow, glabrous, with brown, reddish brown, or rust-colored punctures; standard maculae diffuse, often dark brown or fuscous. Eyes of male moderately separated (IOD =
0.17–0.30 mm
); front without ocular lines. Protarsal claws of males not or slightly enlarged. Median lobe in en-face view widest at base, narrowing to a gently rounded ALM with a prominent nodule, varying to a circular orificial space formed by a midpoint constriction; lateral basal plates moderately sclerotized; in lateral view, ventral surface well-inflated at base, forming tube-like median lobe that narrows sharply to terminus; ventral keel absent; setal beard short and fine at apicolateral angle; pencilli absent.
Biology.
Almost nothing is known of the biology of the members of the
spumarius
species-group
. Series of
P. spumarius
have been repeatedly collected on
Rhus
spp.
(
Anacardiaceae
). Larvae and larval habitats are unknown.