Thysanomeros

Flowers, R. Wills, 2003, A new genus and a new Costa Rican species of Endocephalites (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Eumolpini), Zootaxa 221, pp. 1-11 : 5

Key to Species of Thysanomeros

1. Lateral margin of pronotum narrow, strongly undulate ( Fig. 4 ); hind femur of male with dense, even brush of ventral setae on basal half ( Fig. 1), elytra metallic green or bluish green ........................................................................................ jacobyi (Lefèvre) .

1’. Lateral margin of pronotum wide, weakly undulate ( Fig. 5 ); hind femur of male with numerous setae in ventral third ( Fig. 2 ); elytra metallic blue, rarely blue­green ............ .............................................................................................................. ulateae Flowers.

Figures

FIGURES 2 ­ 7. External characters of Thysanomeros. 2 – 3. Hind femur of male. 2. T. jacobyi. 3. T. ulateae. 4 – 5. Lateral margin of pronotum. 4. T. jacobyi, 5. T. ulateae. 6. Fore tarsi of T. jacobyi: left, male; right, female. 7. Pygidium of T. jacobyi.