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Wallacea Baly 1859

Description

Key to the species of Indian Wallacea

1. Each elytron with a dark dorsal band, besides a marginal one..................................... W. limbata Gestro

- Each elytron without a dark dorsal band, marginal band faded or absent in some specimens........................... 2

2. Median endophallic sclerite polygonal in ventral view (Fig. 25). Distal dorso-ventral endophallic sclerite with acutely pointed, long posterior end in ventral view (Fig. 24, 25); confined to the Andaman Islands...................... W. jarawa n. sp.

- Median endophallic sclerite horse-shoe shaped in ventral view (Figs 23, 26); distal dorso-ventral endophallic sclerite with short, pointed posterior end (Fig. 26); widely distributed in mainland India, absent in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ........................................................................................ W. dactyliferae Maulik

Notes

Published as part of Prathapan, K. D. & Shameem, K. M., 2017, A new species of Wallacea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Bothryonopini) infesting coconut palm in the Indian Ocean Islands of Andaman & Nicobar, pp. 381-391 in Zootaxa 4347 (2) on page 383, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.12, http://zenodo.org/record/1045664

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Baly
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Wallacea
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Wallacea Baly, 1859 sec. Prathapan & Shameem, 2017