Astylus patagonicus ( Blanchard, 1843 )

Estrada, Patricia, 2020, Contributions to the knowledge of southern South American species of Astylus Laporte, 1836 (Coleoptera: Melyridae). Re-describing Astylus vittaticollis (Blanchard, 1843) and A. patagonicus (Blanchard, 1843), Zootaxa 4845 (1), pp. 119-126 : 122

Astylus patagonicus ( Blanchard, 1843)

( Figures 3–5 )

Dasytes patagonicus Blanchard, 1843:99 ; Gemminger & Harold 1869:1718 ( Astylus ); Bruch 1915:250 ( Astylus ); Pic 1929:11 ( Astylus ); Blackwelder 1945:378 ( Astylus ); Estrada 2008:601 ( Astylus ). (Type locality: Patagonia, Bahía San Blas).

Arthrobrachus quadrilineatus Steinheil 1874:372 , Bruch 1915:251 ( Arthrobrachus quadrilineatus ); Pic 1929:16 ( Arthrobrachus quadrilineatus ); Blackwelder 1945:379 ( Arthrobrachus quadrilineatus ); Estrada 2008:602 ( Arthrobrachus quadrilineatus ); Estrada 2016:372 ( Astylus steinheili ); (Type locality: San Luis). n. syn.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Astylus patagonicus (Blanchard, 1843), habitus. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 4. Astylus patagonicus. a: Antenna. Terminal segments of abdomen: b: v: V ventrite, vi: VI ventrite, lt: last tergite; c: segment 9. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 5. Astylus patagonicus. Male genitalia. Tegmen and parameres: a: dorsal view; p: parameres; b: ventral view; c: lateral view, ap: apodeme, Scale 1 mm. Median lobe: d: dorsal view, pha: phallotreme; e: ventral view; f: lateral view. Scale 1 mm.