Alurnus ornatus Baly, 1869

Rendón-Ramírez, Alejandra, Vergara-Navarro, Erika Valentina & Quiroz-Gamboa, John Alveiro, 2024, The genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Alurnini) in Colombia with four new species records and an updated checklist in the country, Zootaxa 5551 (1), pp. 116-130 : 125

Alurnus ornatus Baly, 1869

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Diagnosis. Scape s ubglobose, larger than pedicel. Vertex punctate; surface between eyes, in dorsal view, with punctate and depressed; with medial sulcus and four lateral sulci. Front and clypeus punctate, each puncture with a pale seta. Elytra yellow, with black spots on posterior quarter, humeral calli. The anterior third of the elytra and a transverse middle line are black ( Staines 2013).

Plant associations. Chamaedorea sp. ( Arecaceae ) ( Staines 2011).

Distribution: Colombia (without specific locality), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama ( Staines 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 11–15. Dorsal view Alurnus species from Colombia. 11. Alurnus lansbergei Sallé, 1849 (Photo taken of Staines, 2013). 12. Alurnus orbignyi Guérin-Méneville, 1840. 13. Alurnus ornatus Baly, 1869 (Photo taken of Staines, 2013). 14. Alurnus salvini Baly 1885 (Photo taken of Staines, 2013). 15. Alurnus undatus Brême, 1844. Scale bars: 10 mm.