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(
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;
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)
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE34B71321B9800FD9712F1FCABFBD5" author="Clavareau, C. H." box="[584,791,1014,1036]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" refId="ref44018" refString="Clavareau, C. H. (1913) Pars 53: Chrysomelidae: Megascelinae, Megalopodinae, Clytrinae, Cryptocephalinae, Chlamydinae, Lamprosominae. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, 278 pp." type="book" year="1913">Clavareau, 1913: 92</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF481512FE20FBF2" box="[151,412,1045,1067]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus flavofrontalis</emphasis>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE34B71321B9800FDB81512FC8AFBF2" author="Clavareau, C. H." box="[615,822,1045,1067]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" refId="ref44018" refString="Clavareau, C. H. (1913) Pars 53: Chrysomelidae: Megascelinae, Megalopodinae, Clytrinae, Cryptocephalinae, Chlamydinae, Lamprosominae. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, 278 pp." type="book" year="1913">Clavareau, 1913: 92</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE34B71321B9800FC9E1512FB8AFBF2" author="Blackwelder, R. E." box="[833,1078,1045,1067]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" pagination="551 - 763" refId="ref43627" refString="Blackwelder, R. E. (1946) Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 4. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 185, 551 - 763." type="journal article" year="1946">Blackwelder, 1946: 641</bibRefCitation>
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.
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FBE01512FB39FBF3" bold="true" box="[1087,1157,1045,1066]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">n. syn.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF481550FEF9FBA9" bold="true" box="[151,325,1111,1136]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Type material.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FE93155FFDF9FBA9" box="[332,581,1112,1136]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus albifrons:</emphasis>
Suffrian
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claimed that there were no male specimens in the type series. Only a single female is housed in
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which fits well with the original description. It has been designated as the
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:
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, pinned, // “
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*
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v. Olf.” [blue label, handwritten] // “23963” [white label, printed] // “
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FEC615C3FDB5FB05" box="[281,521,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus albifrons</emphasis>
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D. Sassi des.” [red label, printed] // (
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FB0715C3FAFBFB05" box="[1240,1351,1220,1244]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">MNHUB</collectionCode>
).
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FF1815EFFDFDFAD9" authority=": Only" authorityName="Only" box="[199,577,1255,1280]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavofrontalis">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF1815EFFE46FAD9" box="[199,506,1256,1280]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus flavofrontalis:</emphasis>
Only
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a single male is housed in BMNH which fits well with the original description. It has been designated as the
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:
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, glued, detached abdomen on the same label, aedeagus on a separate label, // “Jatahy Prov.
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.
<collectingCountry id="F3657610321B9800FDBB1428FD1BFA91" box="[612,679,1327,1352]" name="Brazil" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Brésil</collectingCountry>
<date id="FFCC1040321B9800FD701437FCDCFA91" box="[687,864,1328,1352]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" value="1997-09" valueMax="1997-11-31" valueMin="1997-09-00">Sept. a Nov. 97</date>
” [green label, printed] // “Jacoby coll.
<date id="FFCC1040321B9800FAC01437FA3DFA91" box="[1311,1409,1328,1352]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" value="1909" valueMax="1928">1909-28</date>
a.” [white label, printed] // “
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FE6E1453FD6FFAB5" box="[433,723,1364,1388]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus flavofrontalis</emphasis>
Jac.
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” [blue label, handwritten] // “Type H T” [round white-red label, printed] // “
<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FEAD147FFCFCFA49" authority="Jacoby, 1907" authorityName="Jacoby" authorityYear="1907" box="[370,832,1399,1424]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavofrontalis">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FEAD147FFD26FA49" box="[370,666,1400,1424]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus flavofrontalis</emphasis>
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D. Sassi des.” [red label, printed] // “
<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FF7C149BFD22FA6C" authority="Suffrian, 1866 D. Sassi" authorityName=": Suffrian" authorityYear="1866" box="[163,670,1436,1461]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albifrons">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF7C149BFE2EFA6D" box="[163,402,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus albifrons</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE34B71321B9800FE45149BFD87FA6C" author="Suffrian, E." box="[410,571,1436,1461]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" pagination="1 - 483" refId="ref45438" refString="Suffrian, E. (1866) Zur Kenntniss der Sudamerikanischen Cryptocephalen. Linnaea Entomologica, 16, 1 - 483." type="journal article" year="1866">Suffrian, 1866</bibRefCitation>
D. Sassi
</taxonomicName>
det., 2015” [white label, handwritten] // (BMNH).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C368650B321B9800FF1814B8FDA5F9B1" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321B9800FF1814B8FB68FA01" blockId="16.[151,1437,1111,2037]" box="[199,1236,1471,1496]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">
<materialsCitation id="3B1A3CDD321B9800FF1814B8FD0EFA01" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2243028698" box="[199,690,1471,1496]" country="Brazil" location="Brazil" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF1814B8FED9FA01" bold="true" box="[199,357,1471,1496]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">
<typeStatus id="54C98822321B9800FF1814B8FEBEFA01" box="[199,258,1471,1496]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FEB314C7FDE7FA01" authorityName=": Suffrian" authorityYear="1866" box="[364,603,1472,1496]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albifrons">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FEB314C7FDE7FA01" box="[364,603,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus albifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
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</materialsCitation>
.
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FD6314C7FB9CFA01" authority=": Jatai" authorityName="Jatai" box="[700,1056,1472,1496]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavofrontalis">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FD6314C7FC62FA01" box="[700,990,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus flavofrontalis</emphasis>
: Jataí
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingRegion id="49B6F862321B9800FBF014B8FBC8FA01" box="[1071,1140,1471,1496]" country="Brazil" name="Goias" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Goiás</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3657610321B9800FBA014B8FB74FA01" box="[1151,1224,1471,1496]" name="Brazil" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Brazil</collectingCountry>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321B9800FF1814E3FDA5F9B1" blockId="16.[151,1437,1111,2037]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF1814E3FD9EFA24" bold="true" box="[199,546,1508,1533]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Further material examined.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3657610321B9800FDEF14EFFD3DFA22" box="[560,641,1512,1531]" name="Brazil" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">BRAZIL</collectingCountry>
: Mineiros
<collectingRegion id="49B6F862321B9800FCD414E3FCF0FA24" box="[779,844,1508,1533]" country="Brazil" name="Goias" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Goiás</collectingRegion>
(4,
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,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FBC914E2FBDBFA25" box="[1046,1127,1509,1532]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">NHMP</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FBA614E3FB6EFA25" box="[1145,1234,1508,1532]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/1d5a-4efs" name="Natural History Museum Bucharest" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">NHMB</collectionCode>
); Jataí
<collectingRegion id="49B6F862321B9800FAF114E3FAD3FA24" box="[1326,1391,1508,1533]" country="Brazil" name="Goias" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Goiás</collectingRegion>
(2,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FF48170FFEBEF9C6" box="[151,258,1544,1567]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">MNHUB</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FED1170FFED8F9F9" box="[270,356,1544,1568]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">NHMP</collectionCode>
); Jataí
<collectingRegion id="49B6F862321B9800FE6D1700FE4FF9F9" box="[434,499,1543,1568]" country="Brazil" name="Goias" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Goiás</collectingRegion>
IX-XI.1897 (1,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FD73170FFC97F9F9" box="[684,811,1544,1568]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">USNMNH</collectionCode>
); Rio Verde
<collectingRegion id="49B6F862321B9800FC671700FC45F9F9" box="[952,1017,1543,1568]" country="Brazil" name="Goias" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Goiás</collectingRegion>
(3,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FBF8170FFBC1F9F9" box="[1063,1149,1544,1568]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">NHMP</collectionCode>
); Cuiabá
<collectingRegion id="49B6F862321B9800FB38170FFAC5F9F9" box="[1255,1401,1544,1568]" country="Brazil" name="Mato Grosso" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Mato Grosso</collectingRegion>
O. Staudinger (1,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FEE3172BFE29F99D" box="[316,405,1580,1604]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/1d5a-4efs" name="Natural History Museum Bucharest" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">NHMB</collectionCode>
); Jaraguá do Sul
<collectingRegion id="49B6F862321B9800FD8C172BFD4BF99C" box="[595,759,1580,1605]" country="Brazil" name="Santa Catarina" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Santa Catarina</collectingRegion>
(1,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FCFB172BFC1FF99D" box="[804,931,1580,1604]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">USNMNH</collectionCode>
); Brésil coll. E. Gounelle 1915 (16,
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);
<collectingRegion id="49B6F862321B9800FF481757FE94F9B1" box="[151,296,1616,1640]" country="Brazil" name="Mato Grosso" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Mato Grosso</collectingRegion>
Cuijaba (1,
<collectionCode id="ED63AE45321B9800FE6C1757FDB2F9B1" box="[435,526,1616,1640]" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">MNHN</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C368650B321B9800FF181773FE0FF954" box="[199,435,1652,1677]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321B9800FF181773FE0FF954" blockId="16.[151,1437,1111,2037]" box="[199,435,1652,1677]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF181773FEDCF954" bold="true" box="[199,352,1652,1677]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3657610321B9800FEB81773FE13F954" box="[359,431,1652,1677]" name="Brazil" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Brazil</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C368650B321B9800FF181790FC7BF874" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321B9800FF181790FC7BF874" blockId="16.[151,1437,1111,2037]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF181790FEFDF969" bold="true" box="[199,321,1687,1712]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A
<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FEBD179FFE5BF969" authorityName="Suffrian" authorityYear="1866" box="[354,487,1688,1712]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FEBD179FFE5BF969" box="[354,487,1688,1712]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Metallactus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
of medium size. Contrary to many other species of the group, the dorsal color pattern seems to be rather constant and distinctive in all the examined specimens, for that reason the identification is easy even without the examination of internal characters. The species resembles the darkest forms of
<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FB0A17E6FAFAF921" authorityName="Perty" authorityYear="1832" box="[1237,1350,1760,1784]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kollari">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FB0A17E6FAFAF921" box="[1237,1350,1760,1784]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">M. kollari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FAA217E6FF54F8C5" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albipes">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FAA217E6FF54F8C5" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">M. albipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from which it can be distinguished by the rounded yellow anterior spots on elytra. In the allied species yellow elytral pattern is always transversally arranged.
<taxonomicName id="4C724D03321B9800FCCE162EFC21F899" authorityName=": Suffrian" authorityYear="1866" box="[785,925,1832,1856]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Metallactus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albifrons">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FCCE162EFC21F899" box="[785,925,1832,1856]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">M. albifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also distinguishable by the “high” yellow spot on frons, the scutellum totally or almost totally yellow, the hooked black pronotal spots and the legs completely black. The pronotal outline is also different, being narrower and less transverse. Light pronotal pattern is something more ochraceous than the elytral one, which is pure yellow.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C368650B321B9801FF1816BFFF50F965" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="74" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321B9800FF1816BFFE6CF82D" blockId="16.[151,1437,1111,2037]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321B9800FF1816BFFE00F808" bold="true" box="[199,444,1976,2001]" pageId="16" pageNumber="73">Description of male.</emphasis>
BL =
<quantity id="4C8A9B65321B9800FDD316BFFD24F809" box="[524,664,1976,2001]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.1" metricValueMax="5.3" metricValueMin="4.9" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" unit="mm" value="5.1" valueMax="5.3" valueMin="4.9">4.95.3 mm</quantity>
, BW = 3.0
<quantity id="4C8A9B65321B9800FCF716BFFC3DF809" box="[808,897,1976,2000]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.1" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" unit="mm" value="3.1">3.1 mm</quantity>
, PL =
<quantity id="4C8A9B65321B9800FC0D16BFFB91F809" box="[978,1069,1976,2001]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" unit="mm" value="1.6">1.6 mm</quantity>
, PW =
<quantity id="4C8A9B65321B9800FB5716BFFAA8F809" box="[1160,1300,1976,2001]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6" metricValueMax="2.7" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="16" pageNumber="73" unit="mm" value="2.6" valueMax="2.7" valueMin="2.5">2.52.7 mm</quantity>
. Interocular distance 10.511.2% of BL.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF181190FBB6FEE6" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Head black with a vaguely cordiform slightly raised yellow spot in the center of the forehead. Labrum yellow. Surface with sparse scattered blackish setae and strongly impressed punctures, uniformly distributed except on the cordiform yellow spot which is basically hairless and impunctate. Mid-cranial suture very weakly impressed, slightly deeper close to cordiform yellow spot. First five antennomeres yellowish, 35 antennomeres lengthened and sublucid, the subsequent totally darkened, dull and more diffusedly setose.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF18104AFDCAFE2C" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Pronotum yellow with two large hooked black spots reaching forwards anterior margin on median line, widening outwards, reaching neither posterior margin nor lateral one. Pronotal shape tronco-conical. Lateral margins thin, converging forwards and thus not visible from above. Posterolateral impressions fairly marked, in correspondence of which the posterior margins appear thickened and slightly salient. Surface moderately shining with scattered well impressed punctuation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF1810F8FD78FDE5" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Scutellum yellow, sometimes with apical margin narrowly black, dull, distinctly raised, apex truncated in a straight line. Finely setose and minutely punctate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF181340FAAAFCE1" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Elytra surface black with two rounded yellow spots in anterior half, a transversal stripe just before apical clivus (sometimes squeezed or interrupted), a second one, small, just on apex. Outer anterior rounded spot often fused with yellow pattern on lateral margin. Median and posterior stripes externally reaching the lateral margins but leaving suture free along the median line. Epipleura and anterior half of elytral lateral margin yellow as well. Parallel-sided and very weakly flattened on disc. Post-scutellar area not raised. Humeral calli prominent, impunctate. Surface moderately shiny with rather coarse punctures arranged in irregular rows, fairly visible on elytral apex too. Intervals perceptibly raised and connected here and there by faint transverse wrinkles.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF181243FB6BFC85" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" box="[199,1239,836,861]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Surface of pygidium yellow, smooth, covered by sparse shallow punctures and whitish setae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF181260FC1FFC11" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Inferior parts black with sides of abdominal ventrites yellow. Surface coarsely punctured with scattered yellowish setae. Prosternal process normally shaped, longitudinally grooved with apex blunt and surface covered with coarse punctures and very long whitish setae. Legs totally black.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF1812D3FD62FBA5" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">
Median depression on fifth abdominal ventrite shallow and barely distinguishable from the rest of ventrite surface. Posterior margin of fifth abdominal ventrite weakly notched. Median lobe of aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="13492A05321A9801FAFC12F0FAD7FBC9" box="[1315,1387,1015,1040]" captionStart="FIGURES 56" captionStartId="20.[151,264,1813,1836]" captionTargetBox="[230,1366,199,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[196,1401,183,1803]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURES 56. M. albifrons (5), M. corruptus (6). 5ab: habitus; 5ce: median lobe of aedeagus in ventral (c), dorsal (d) and lateral (e) view [1.1 mm]; 5f: sclerites IIIIIIV of endophallus [0.6 mm]; 5g: sclerite I and dorsal spicule of endophallus [0.6 mm]; 5h: spermatheca [1.2 mm]; 5km: rectal apparatus in dorsal (k) and ventral (m) view [1.3 mm]. 6ab: habitus; 6ce: median lobe of aedeagus in ventral (c), dorsal (d) and lateral (e) view [1.0 mm]; 6f: sclerites IIIIIIV of endophallus [0.8 mm]; 6g: sclerite I and dorsal spicule of endophallus [1.0 mm]; 6h: spermatheca [1.0 mm]; 6km: rectal apparatus in dorsal (k) and ventral (m) view [0.9 mm]. 5ab: specimen from Cuyaba (Mato Grosso, Brazil); 6ab: lectotype. hd: hairy dent: scIIV: sclerites IIV of endophallus; ds: dorsal spicule. Square brackets: length of scale segment." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3066642/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
ce) cylindrical with apex scarcely separated from the rest of aedeagus, short. In lateral view apex faintly bent ventrally. Aedeagal ventral surface barely swollen, devoid of particular structures. Hairy dents moderately impressed, apparent, bearing rather long, dense and curly setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF181580FB67FAE8" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">
Endophallus (
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fg) with sclerite I strongly sclerotized, large, with denticle prominent, blunt, pointing upwards. Dorsal spicule moderate in size, pigmented, cylindrical with a pointed tip. Sclerite II well developed, regularly bent at base. Arch of sclerite III shaped like head of a grebe, being quite short, pointed, with a stout lobate projection on proximal end of upper rim. Branches of sclerite IV sickle-shaped, noticeably shorter than sclerite III in the folded up structure, narrow, evenly thickened, with rounded apex and surface fairly rugose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF18143BFDEFFAA1" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">
Female. Habitus in
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ab. BL = 5.96.0 mm, BW =
<quantity id="4C8A9B65321A9801FC90143BFC66FA8D" box="[847,986,1340,1365]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.55" metricValueMax="3.6" metricValueMin="3.5" pageId="17" pageNumber="74" unit="mm" value="3.55" valueMax="3.6" valueMin="3.5">3.53.6 mm</quantity>
, PL =
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, PW =
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. Interocular distance 13.314.4% of BL.
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Fifth abdominal ventrite in females with quite large and shallow pit. Vasculum of spermatheca (
<figureCitation id="13492A05321A9801FAE21483FA28FA44" box="[1341,1428,1412,1437]" captionStart="FIGURES 56" captionStartId="20.[151,264,1813,1836]" captionTargetBox="[230,1366,199,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[196,1401,183,1803]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURES 56. M. albifrons (5), M. corruptus (6). 5ab: habitus; 5ce: median lobe of aedeagus in ventral (c), dorsal (d) and lateral (e) view [1.1 mm]; 5f: sclerites IIIIIIV of endophallus [0.6 mm]; 5g: sclerite I and dorsal spicule of endophallus [0.6 mm]; 5h: spermatheca [1.2 mm]; 5km: rectal apparatus in dorsal (k) and ventral (m) view [1.3 mm]. 6ab: habitus; 6ce: median lobe of aedeagus in ventral (c), dorsal (d) and lateral (e) view [1.0 mm]; 6f: sclerites IIIIIIV of endophallus [0.8 mm]; 6g: sclerite I and dorsal spicule of endophallus [1.0 mm]; 6h: spermatheca [1.0 mm]; 6km: rectal apparatus in dorsal (k) and ventral (m) view [0.9 mm]. 5ab: specimen from Cuyaba (Mato Grosso, Brazil); 6ab: lectotype. hd: hairy dent: scIIV: sclerites IIV of endophallus; ds: dorsal spicule. Square brackets: length of scale segment." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3066642/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Fig. 5h</figureCitation>
) scarcely pigmented, compact, with short upper branch and apex blunt, sometimes slightly curved downwards. Ampulla fairly pigmented, slightly shifted on dorsal side of vasculum. Duct and sperm gland insertion very close to each other but perceptibly distinct. Duct of uniform size, slender, coiled, but coils obliterated in the last portion. Insertion on bursa copulatrix lengthened and slightly swollen, clearly pigmented. Rectal apparatus (
<figureCitation id="13492A05321A9801FAC81713FAE3F9F4" box="[1303,1375,1556,1581]" captionStart="FIGURES 56" captionStartId="20.[151,264,1813,1836]" captionTargetBox="[230,1366,199,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[196,1401,183,1803]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURES 56. M. albifrons (5), M. corruptus (6). 5ab: habitus; 5ce: median lobe of aedeagus in ventral (c), dorsal (d) and lateral (e) view [1.1 mm]; 5f: sclerites IIIIIIV of endophallus [0.6 mm]; 5g: sclerite I and dorsal spicule of endophallus [0.6 mm]; 5h: spermatheca [1.2 mm]; 5km: rectal apparatus in dorsal (k) and ventral (m) view [1.3 mm]. 6ab: habitus; 6ce: median lobe of aedeagus in ventral (c), dorsal (d) and lateral (e) view [1.0 mm]; 6f: sclerites IIIIIIV of endophallus [0.8 mm]; 6g: sclerite I and dorsal spicule of endophallus [1.0 mm]; 6h: spermatheca [1.0 mm]; 6km: rectal apparatus in dorsal (k) and ventral (m) view [0.9 mm]. 5ab: specimen from Cuyaba (Mato Grosso, Brazil); 6ab: lectotype. hd: hairy dent: scIIV: sclerites IIV of endophallus; ds: dorsal spicule. Square brackets: length of scale segment." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3066642/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Figs 5</figureCitation>
km) with dorsal sclerites laterally not projected beyond rectus, narrow, tapered towards median line and apodemes large, hyaline, bent upwards and leaning against rectum. Ventral sclerite moderately large, ribbon-like, not tapered on sides, less pigmented in middle, with rounded apodemes faintly crenulate on margin and slightly wider than rectum.
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<subSubSection id="C368650B321A9801FF1817C0FCEBF84D" pageId="17" pageNumber="74" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BCD3680321A9801FF1817C0FCEBF84D" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">
<emphasis id="B906EA92321A9801FF1817C0FE87F939" bold="true" box="[199,315,1735,1760]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE34B71321A9801FE9B17C0FE59F939" author="Jacoby, M." box="[324,485,1735,1760]" pageId="17" pageNumber="74" pagination="829 - 855" refId="ref44480" refString="Jacoby, M. (1907) Descriptions of new Species of South-American Beetles of the Cryptocephaline Division of the Family Chrysomelidae. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, May- December, 1907, 829 - 855." type="journal article" year="1907">Jacoby (1907)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321A9801FDBC17CFFC3BF939" box="[611,903,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Metallactus flavofrontalis</emphasis>
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on material coming from Jataí (
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,
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) without giving any information on the number of the studied specimens. The only
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housed in BMNH (
<figureCitation id="13492A05321A9801FAB017EBFF19F8F1" captionStart="FIGURES 34" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1782,1805]" captionTargetBox="[266,1343,201,1746]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[238,1355,195,1765]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 34. M. kollari (3), M. albipes (4). 3ab: habitus; 3ce: median lobe of aedeagus in ventral (c), dorsal (d) and lateral (e) view [1.4 mm]; 3f: sclerites IIIIIIV of endophallus [1.2 mm]; 3g: sclerite I and dorsal spicule of endophallus [0.8 mm]; 3h: spermatheca [0.9 mm]; 3km: rectal apparatus in dorsal (k) and ventral (m) view [1.3 mm]. 4ab/a1: habitus; 4ce: median lobe of aedeagus in ventral (c), dorsal (d) and lateral (e) view [1.1 mm]; 4f: sclerites IIIIIIV of endophallus [0.8 mm]; 4f1: same of 4f in ventral view; 4g: sclerite I and dorsal spicule of endophallus [0.3 mm]; 4h: spermatheca [1.2 mm]; 4km: rectal apparatus in dorsal (k) and ventral (m) view [1.3 mm]. 3ab: lectotype; 4ab: lectotype. 4a1 paralectotype of M. nigrofasciatus n. syn. hd: hairy dent: scIIV: sclerites IIV of endophallus; ds: dorsal spicule; lt: lateral thickenings. Square brackets: length of scale segment." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3066640/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
ab) differs from
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321A9801FEB01616FE46F8F1" box="[367,506,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">M. albifrons</emphasis>
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in the reduced dorsal yellow pattern (the anterior yellow elytral band is split into two rounded spots). As a matter of fact, these differences appear to fall within the usual infra-subspecific chromatic variability seen in this group of species. In addition, aedeagal shape shows no differences. Therefore, I propose to consider
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321A9801FF23167AFE04F84D" box="[252,440,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">M. flavofrontalis</emphasis>
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as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B906EA92321A9801FD19167AFCECF84D" box="[710,848,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="74">M. albifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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