Morphology of the prothorax and procoxa in the New World Cryptocephalini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
Author
Chamorro-Lacayo, Maria Lourdes
Author
Konstantinov, Alexander S.
text
Zootaxa
2004
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158400
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158400
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PACHYBRACHINA
PRONOTUM: Denticles absent on basal margin (
Figs. 85
,
88
,
100
,
108
,
118
,
131
); basal margin convex and sinusoidal, mesally truncate over mesoscutellum; pronotal punctures distinct throughout, strongly pronounced on all margins (Figs, 90, 102, 120). HYPOMERON: Hypomeral projection flat (
Figs. 86
,
91
,
103
,
111
,
123
); hypomeron with distinct punctures. PROSTERNUM: Prosternum similarly or more coarsely punctured than hypomeron; intercoxal prosternal process unimodal (Figs, 85, 88, 100, 108, 118, 122); intercoxal prosternal process without caudal Mshaped rim (
Figs. 91
,
103
,
111
,
123
); prosternal opening narrowly open or closed in caudal view; posterior margin of intercoxal prosternal process convex, projecting beyond hypomeron (
Figs. 85
,
88
,
100
,
108
,
118
,
131
); anterior margin of prosternum uniformly concave; intercoxal width equal to, greater than, or less than width of coxal cavity. TROCHANTER: With two dorsoproximal ends, with a subapical projection, or with only one dorsal end (
Figs. 87
,
106–107
,
114–116
,
128–130
,
134–135
).
Pachybrachis
:
Basal margin of pronotum sinusoidal (
Figs. 85
,
88
). Prosternum and hypomeron equally coarsely punctured; prosternal opening closed in caudal view; anterior margin of prosternum uniformly concave (
Figs. 85
,
88
); intercoxal width less than width of coxal cavity. Trochanter with subapical projection on dorsoproximal end (
Fig. 87
)
Griburius
:
Basal margin of pronotum sinusoidal (
Fig. 108
). Prosternum more coarsely punctured than hypomeron; prosternal opening closed, in caudal view (
Fig. 111
); anterior margin of prosternum uniformly concave (
Fig. 108
); intercoxal width greater than width of coxal cavity. Trochanter with one dorsal end (
Figs. 114–116
).
Ambrotodes
:
Basal margin of pronotum sinusoidal (
A. signatipennis
) (
Fig. 131
) or convex and mesally truncate (
A. chilensis
) (
Fig. 118
). Prosternum more coarsely punctured than hypomeron; prosternal opening slightly open in caudal view (
Figs. 121
,
132
); intercoxal cavity less than (
A. chilensis
) or greater than (
A. signatipennis
) width of coxal cavity. Trochanter with one dorsal end (
Figs. 128–130
).
Metallactus
: Basal margin of pronotum sinusoidal (
Fig. 100
). Prosternum more coarsely punctured than hypomeron; prosternal opening closed, in caudal view (
Fig. 103
); intercoxal width equal to width of coxal cavity (
Fig. 100
). Trochanter with two dorsoproximal ends (
Figs. 106–107
).