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LeConte, 1884
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This genus contains seven described species. They occur from the
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) through much of South America. See
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for a habitus illustration. See
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for a key that includes most of the species.
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LeConte, 1884
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, and
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<emphasis id="6DAA44738739800DFC5632A2668756B0" box="[1006,1207,1927,1953]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Racenisa bicolor</emphasis>
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, are both currently included in
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. We here propose
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.
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, as a replacement name for
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.
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The Palearctic species
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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, belonging to the tribe
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Hylaspini
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, has been reported from eastern
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and the northeastern
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, but this species is not thought to be established in North America (
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Riley
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2003
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). Since
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<emphasis id="6DAA44738738800CFC32347A6636507B" box="[906,1030,336,362]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Agelastica</emphasis>
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probably does not occur on the American continents, we have excluded this genus from the following key. However, if specimens were to be discovered, they would key to couplet 134, along with
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, which shares a similar, broadly ovate body form. The two genera are easily distinguished by the pronotal color, that of
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being concolorous with the dark elytra, while that of
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is pale, strongly contrasting with the dark elytra.
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