ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex
Author
Opitz, Weston
Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry / Entomology, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
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10.5281/zenodo.3762392
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Macilentus micidus
OPITZ
,
2017a
(
Figs 14
,
40
,
71
,
90
,
107
)
Macilentus micidus
OPITZ 2017a: 67
.
Holotype
:
♀
.
Argentina
,SantiagodelEstero,LagoMuyo,
29.III.22.
IV.1957, col. R. Golbach (
IMLA
). Paratypes:
1 specimen
.
Argentina
:
Santiago del Estero
,
Lago Muyo
,
29.III.22.
IV.1957, col.
R. Golbach
(
WOPC
).
Diagnosis: From superficially similar specimens of
Oncochelyna barrigai
,
Macilentus micidus
specimens are distinguishable by their subsecuriform terminal maxillary and labial palpomeres.
Description: This species was adequately described and illustrated by
OPITZ (2017a: 67)
.
Additional characteristics involve: Antenna as in
Fig. 14
, pronotum as in
Fig. 40
, elytral asetiferous punctation striate, epipleural margin serrulate along its entire length, habitus as in
Fig. 90
, and aedeagus as in
Fig. 107.
Variation: Size: Length 5.0-6.0 mm; width 2.0-2.3 mm.
Distribution (
Fig.71
): This species is known only from
Argentina
.