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Cuyabasa Bechyne 1959

  • 1. Department of Biology, Ecosphere Research Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Belgium.
  • 2. Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation npo (BINCO), Walmersumstraat 44, 3380 Glabbeek, Belgium.
  • 3. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, c / o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
  • 4. Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. furthd @ si. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6559 - 1209

Description

Key to species of Cuyabasa (adapted from Bechyné 1959)

1 Punctation of pronotum almost absent or at least finer than elytral punctation; surface of antennal calli mostly smooth..... 2

- Punctation of pronotum as apparent as elytral punctation; surface of antennal calli rugose; elytra metallic blue to green; pronotum, underside, head and legs dark red to reddish black; antennomeres 4–11 more dark; spermatheca as in Figure 2 ..................................................................... Cuyabasa gastrophysoides Bechyné, 1959

2 Ventral side, scutellum, head, legs and antennae black; elytra metallic blue to green; pronotum yellow to red; frontal ridge not reaching antennal sockets; spermatheca and aedeagus as in Figure 3 ................... Cuyabasa minor (Bechyné, 1955)

- Underside, head, legs and antennae red ordark red; antennomeres 4–11 darkened; frontal ridge reaching antennal sockets; aedeagus as in Figure 1 ................................................. Cuyabasa chiquitoensis Bechyné, 1959

Notes

Published as part of Roie, Martijn Van, D'Hont, Anouk, Konstantinov, Alexander & Furth, David, 2023, Types of Cuyabasa Bechyné, Palmaraltica Bechyné and Rhynchasphaera Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Oedionychina) of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, with keys to species and descriptions of genitalia, and new combinations for species transferred to the oedionychine, pp. 67-82 in Zootaxa 5318 (1) on page 70, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8158253

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bechyne
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Cuyabasa
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cuyabasa Bechyne, 1959 sec. Roie, D'Hont, Konstantinov & Furth, 2023

References

  • Bechyne, J. (1959) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Alticidenfauna Boliviens (Coleopt. Phytoph.). Beitrage zur Neotropischen Fauna, 1 (4), 269 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 01650525909380619