A taxonomic revision of the subfamily Tillinae Leach sensu lato (Coleoptera, Cleridae) in the New World
Author
Burke, Alan
Author
Zolnerowich, Gregory
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.21253
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.179.21253
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Monophylla cinctipennis (Chevrolat, 1874)
Synonyms.
Macrotelus cinctipennis
Chevrolat, 1874, Rev. et Mag. Zool., p. 281.
Type locality.
Cuba (no locality was specified). Type depository: Instituto Cubano de
Zoologia
, Museo D. Gundlach (acronym unknown).
Distribution.
Cuba.
Description. [The original description given by
Chevrolat (1874)
is given below.]Color and shape: Head black, elongate, prothorax, femora (knees fourth ahtica), elytra in the suture and on the margin yellow; densely [punctate], striped [striae] elongate; eyes and antennae black; head rounded, [frons] between the eyes convex, furrow [setae] thin; prothorax scarcely longer than broad, widening; form semicylindrical, truncate; [on] hind [area] slightly rounded, long, arching, trifossulato??; scutellum punctiform brown; elytra elongate, parallel, rounded, posteriorly, the legs black. Antennae eleven articulate [composed of 11 antennomeres], first [antennomere] elongate, striped, second [antennomere] short, third [antennomere] the length of the first, a little less than fourth [antennomere], fifth [antennomere] conical, 6-10 [antennomeres] robust, short, last [antennomere 11] long, cylindrical, spongiose??
Remarks.
Wolcott (1910)
, in his notes from
Chevrolat's
description of
Macrotelus cinctipennis
, mentioned the rarity of the species; he further indicated that this species was unknown to him and he had not encountered it.