The Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central America Author Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2394-1586 Centro de Investigacion en Biodiversidad y Conservacion (CIByC), Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos. Av. Universidad # 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C. P. 62209, Mexico jorge.nestorarr@uaem.edu.mx Author Toledo-Hernandez, Victor Hugo Centro de Investigacion en Biodiversidad y Conservacion (CIByC), Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos. Av. Universidad # 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C. P. 62209, Mexico Author Solis, Angel Departamento de Historia Natural, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica Author Gonzalez, Guillermo La Reina, Santiago, Chile Author Vetrovec, Jaroslav Buzulucka, Hradec Kralove, Ceska Republika text ZooKeys 2021 2021-03-16 1024 157 196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927 1313-2970-1024-157 FDD37EA991214385B67D51AD313CB49E 086BAB631B8D5B888571137F0CEFF686 Brachiacantha aperta Weise Figures 6 , 37-40 Brachyacantha aperta Weise, 1903: 208. Leng 1911 : 323. Material examined. 123 specimens from Costa Rica : Limon , Cartago , and Puntarenas ( FSCA , USNMNH , MNCR , MUCR , MZCR ) . Diagnosis. Color pale yellow or yellowish white. Pronotum with three or four brown spots. Elytron with a brown-colored branched line pattern (Fig. 6 ). Ventrites I-VI emarginated and depressed at center, depression becoming wider from the basal ventrite to apical ventrite. Ventrites I-III densely punctate, pubescent within the depression more abundant and longer than at the sides. Male genitalia with parameres and penis guide strongly wide; penis guide as long as parameres, wider at middle, symmetrical, apex rounded (Fig. 40 ); parameres wide, apex rounded, slightly tuberculated in the concave side margin, with abundant setae at apex and the convex margin, weakly curved (Fig. 39 ); penis with lateral slender alae at apex (Fig. 38 ), basal capsule not crested, inner arm slender and long, apex spender and long (Fig. 37 ). Distribution. Costa Rica . Discussion. This species is easily recognizable due to its unique coloration.