A review of the genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Author
Staines, C. L.
text
Insecta Mundi
2013
2013-03-08
2013
291
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5175823
1942-1354
5175823
4DADB084-2794-448C-874B-CE53C71CAAC4
Alurnus obliquus
Uhmann 1961
(
Figure 16
)
Alurnus obliquus
Uhmann 1961: 6
[
holotype
:
Bolivia
, Yugas de
la Paz
(DEI)].
Uhmann 1964: 407
;
Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 356
(types);
Staines 1997: 412
(Uhmann species list).
Alurnus obliquus epipleuralis
Uhmann 1961: 8
[
holotype
:
Peru
, La Marée de Chanchamayo (DEI?)].
Uhmann 1964: 407
(catalog);
Staines 1997: 412
(Uhmann species list).
Description
. Head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum, venter (epipleuron may be pale), and legs black; elytra dark blue-black with yellowish-brown markings: basal spot from scutellum to humerus, oblique transverse band from lateral margin below humerus to suture, band on apical quarter. Head: vertex punctate, with some punctures rugose, each puncture with pale seta, medial sulcus absent, depressed between eyes; front punctate; clypeus punctate, each puncture with long yellow seta. Antenna: antennomere 1 subglobose, 2x length 2; 2 small, transverse; 3 cylindrical, 3x length of 1 and 2 combined; 4-10 cylindrical; 4-5 subequal in length, each 0.5x length of 3; 6 slightly shorter than 5; 7 longer than 6; 8-10 subequal in length, each 0.75x length 7; 11 longer than 10, rounded at apex; 1-7 punctate, each puncture with pale seta; 8-11 more densely punctate, each puncture with pale seta. Pronotum: lateral margin rounded, widest in middle; anterior angle acute; posterior angle with tooth; surface punctate, each puncture with yellow seta; base with transverse impression present; rounded depression present on each side near middle; pronotal length 5.0 mm; pronotal width 6.0 mm. Scutellum: cordate, rounded at apex; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight for basal two-thirds then rounding to apex; sutural angle with small tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; without costae; surface with scattered punctures, somewhat rugose basally; elytral length 21.0 mm; elytral width 9.0 mm. Leg: punctate, each puncture with yellow seta. Venter: punctate, each puncture with long yellow seta. Total length:
25 mm
.
Larval host plant
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
Bolivia
,
Peru
.
Specimens examined
.
Bolivia
.
La Paz
: Yugas de
la Paz
(DEI, 1).
Peru
.
Cusco
: Consuela km 165 on Cosnipata Hwy.,
13.x-25.xi.1981
(FMNH, 1). Total: 2.