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<mods:title>The Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central America</mods:title>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="180585865" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:06BBFBB5845C5006BCFF08982BB2CDF8" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/06BBFBB5845C5006BCFF08982BB2CDF8" lastPageNumber="157" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">
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<taxonomicName LSID="06BBFBB5-845C-5006-BCFF-08982BB2CDF8" authority="Mulsant" authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1850" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachiacantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachiacantha lepida" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepida">Brachiacantha lepida Mulsant</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–4" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Brachiacantha sp. 1 Brachiacantha lepida, dark habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco) 2 B. lepida, common habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco) 3 Brachiacantha fenestrata, male 4 Brachiacantha octostigma, male (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/520866" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Figures 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–4" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Brachiacantha sp. 1 Brachiacantha lepida, dark habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco) 2 B. lepida, common habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco) 3 Brachiacantha fenestrata, male 4 Brachiacantha octostigma, male (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/520866" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">, 2</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachyacantha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachyacantha lepida" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepida">Brachyacantha lepida</taxonomicName>
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Mulsant, 1850: 523.
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2307/25076278" author="Crotch, GR" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the American Entomological Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" pagination="363 - 382" refId="B8" refString="Crotch, GR, 1873. Revision of the Coccinellidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 363 - 382, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/25076278" title="Revision of the Coccinellidae of the United States." url="https://doi.org/10.2307/25076278" volume="4" year="1873">Crotch 1873</bibRefCitation>
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: 378.
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8975" author="Crotch, GR" journalOrPublisher="Janson EW, London" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" refId="B9" refString="Crotch, GR, 1874. A Revision of the Coleopterous Family Coccinellidae. Janson EW, London, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8975" title="A Revision of the Coleopterous Family Coccinellidae." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8975" year="1874">Crotch 1874</bibRefCitation>
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: 210.
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<bibRefCitation author="Gorham, HS" journalOrPublisher="Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" pagination="177 - 208" refId="B17" refString="Gorham, HS, 1894. Coccinellidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera 7: 177 - 208" title="Coccinellidae." volume="7" year="1894">Gorham 1894</bibRefCitation>
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: 185.
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<bibRefCitation author="Leng, CW" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin American Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" pagination="279 - 333" refId="B19" refString="Leng, CW, 1911. The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 30: 279 - 333" title="The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America." volume="30" year="1911">Leng 1911</bibRefCitation>
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: 324.
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8777" author="Leng, CW" journalOrPublisher="Mount Vernon, New York" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" refId="B20" refString="Leng, CW, 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Mount Vernon, New York, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8777" title="Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8777" year="1920">Leng 1920</bibRefCitation>
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: 212.
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<bibRefCitation author="Korschefsky, R" journalOrPublisher="Junk, Berlin" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" refId="B18" refString="Korschefsky, R, 1931. Coccinellidae I. Coleopterorum Catalogus. Part 118. W. Junk, Berlin" title="Coccinellidae I. Coleopterorum Catalogus. Part 118. W." year="1931">Korschefsky 1931</bibRefCitation>
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: 205.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachyacantha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachyacantha duodecimguttata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="duodecimguttata">Brachyacantha duodecimguttata</taxonomicName>
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Leng, 1911: 289.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Syn. nov.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachyacantha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachyacantha guttata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guttata">Brachyacantha guttata</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachyacantha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachyacantha" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Brachyacantha</taxonomicName>
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12-
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:
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<bibRefCitation author="Leng, CW" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin American Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" pagination="279 - 333" refId="B19" refString="Leng, CW, 1911. The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 30: 279 - 333" title="The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America." volume="30" year="1911">Leng 1911</bibRefCitation>
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: 294.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Syn. nov.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1850" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachiacantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachiacantha lepida" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepida">Brachiacantha lepida</taxonomicName>
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:
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<bibRefCitation author="Gordon, RD" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the New York Entomological Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" pagination="1 - 912" refId="B14" refString="Gordon, RD, 1985. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93 (1): 1 - 912" title="The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico." volume="93" year="1985">Gordon 1985</bibRefCitation>
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: 599.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<specimenCount type="generic">271 specimens</specimenCount>
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, San
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: Chimaltenango, El Quiche, Guatemala City, Huehuetenango, Suchitepequez and Totonicapan;
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<collectingCountry name="Panama">Panama</collectingCountry>
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<collectingRegion country="Panama" name="Chiriqui">Chiriqui</collectingRegion>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Length
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, width
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<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" metricValueMax="2.8" metricValueMin="1.8" unit="mm" value="2.3" valueMax="2.8" valueMin="1.8">1.8-2.8 mm</quantity>
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. Oval body. Dorsally pale yellow to pinkish orange except pronotum with a multilobed basal macula; each elytron with 4 black spots, one spot in a sub-humeral position, another in the second half of the elytron, a discal spot on the elytral suture, and a subapical spot on the elytral suture (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–4" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Brachiacantha sp. 1 Brachiacantha lepida, dark habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco) 2 B. lepida, common habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco) 3 Brachiacantha fenestrata, male 4 Brachiacantha octostigma, male (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/520866" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">1</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–4" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Brachiacantha sp. 1 Brachiacantha lepida, dark habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco) 2 B. lepida, common habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco) 3 Brachiacantha fenestrata, male 4 Brachiacantha octostigma, male (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/520866" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">2</figureCitation>
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). Ventral color dark brown to light brown. Males with the ventrites
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slightly emarginated, not depressed. Male genitalia asymmetrical. Protibia flanged.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Figures 1-4.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachiacantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachiacantha" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Brachiacantha</emphasis>
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sp.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1850" class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachiacantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachiacantha lepida" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepida">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Brachiacantha lepida</emphasis>
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, dark habitus (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">2</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="B. lepida" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" rank="species" species="lepida">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">B. lepida</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachiacantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachiacantha fenestrata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fenestrata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Brachiacantha fenestrata</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Coccinellidae" genus="Brachiacantha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachiacantha octostigma" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="octostigma">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Brachiacantha octostigma</emphasis>
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, male (image by Jorge Valdez Carrazco).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Distribution.</paragraph>
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From southern
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<collectingCountry name="United States of America">USA</collectingCountry>
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to
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<collectingCountry name="Panama">Panama</collectingCountry>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="157">Discussion.</paragraph>
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The small size and coloration are usually enough to distinguish this species from other species of the genus. Some specimens from
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<collectingCountry name="Guatemala">Guatemala</collectingCountry>
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display the darker dorsal coloration that was previously described by
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<bibRefCitation author="Leng, CW" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin American Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" pagination="279 - 333" refId="B19" refString="Leng, CW, 1911. The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 30: 279 - 333" title="The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America." volume="30" year="1911">Leng (1911)</bibRefCitation>
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as the species
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<taxonomicName lsidName="B. duodecimguttata" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" rank="species" species="duodecimguttata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">B. duodecimguttata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The
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<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="B. duodecimguttata" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" rank="species" species="duodecimguttata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">B. duodecimguttata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is a female; the genitalia of male specimens with morphology similar to that described by
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Leng, CW" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin American Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" pagination="279 - 333" refId="B19" refString="Leng, CW, 1911. The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 30: 279 - 333" title="The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America." volume="30" year="1911">Leng (1911)</bibRefCitation>
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were dissected and no differences were found from that of
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="B. lepida" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" rank="species" species="lepida">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">B. lepida</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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. Therefore,
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="B. duodecimguttata" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" rank="species" species="duodecimguttata">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">B. duodecimguttata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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should be considered a junior synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="B. lepida" pageId="0" pageNumber="157" rank="species" species="lepida">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="157">B. lepida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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