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<mods:namePart>Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael</mods:namePart>
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Mulsant, 1850: 527. 
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: 211. 
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: 187. 
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: 302. 
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: 212. 
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: 207.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1850" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachiacantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachiacantha subfasciata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subfasciata">Brachiacantha subfasciata</taxonomicName>
Gordon, 1985: 574. 
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2019
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: 550.
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Material listed in 
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Nestor-Arriola and 
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Length 
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, width 
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. Oval body. Dorsally black with one to four spots on each elytron. Third ventrite of male with separated cusps connected by a curved emargination. Male genitalia asymmetrical; penis guide almost truncate, without apical hook.
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From the center of the 
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to 
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Discussion.</paragraph>
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This species is very similar to others of the 
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group, but the male genitalia are different as they lack the apical hook on the penis guide.
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