Ischiopachys Chevrolat, 1836

Agrain, Federico A., Chamorro, Maria Lourdes, Cabrera, Nora, Sassi, Davide & Roig-Junent, Sergio, 2017, A comprehensive guide to the Argentinian case-bearer beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Camptosomata), ZooKeys 677, pp. 11-88 : 31

Ischiopachys Chevrolat, 1836 Fig. 16

Ischiopachys Chevrolat in Dejean 1836: 440; Lacordaire 1848: 468-469; Chapuis 1874: 153; Jacoby 1880: 37; Jacoby and Clavareau 1906: 75-76; Clavareau 1913: 85; Guérin 1943: 90; Blackwelder 1946: 639; Monrós 1953a: 263-264, 1953b: 46; Moldenke 1970: 190.

Type species.

Ischiopachys bicolor (Olivier, 1791), designated by Monrós (1953b: 46).

Diagnosis.

This genus has several diagnostic characters that clearly separate it from all other Neotropical Clytrini : scutellum inclined posterodorsally, distinctly protruding from the plane of elytra; intercoxal prosternal process nearly absent between fore coxae; epipleural margin broadly angled, tip rounded; elytra without pubescence; frons with medial pit, densely and coarsely punctate throughout; pygidium strongly convex; pronotum with lateral margins sulcate to receive antennae in repose; dorsum brilliant metallic.

Distribution.

From Mexico to Argentina.

Argentinian species checklist.

1a. Ischiopachys cribipennis cribipennis Lacordaire, 1848 (CTS). Host plant: Sfolocalyx ? and curupatí ( Monrós, 1953a).

1b. Ischiopachys cribipennis micans Lacordaire, 1848 (CHA, CTS, ERS, FOR, JUY, MNS, SAL, SEO, SFE, TUC). Host plants: Fabaceae : Prosopis sp.; Piptadenia sp.; Caesalpinia sp.sp. ( Monrós, 1953a). Rutaceae : Citrus sp. (Naranjo) ( Monrós, 1953a).

Ischiopachys micans Lacordaire, 1848.

2. Ischiopachys empyrea empyrea Lacordaire, 1848 (TUC, SAL).

= Ischiopachys empyrea smaragdina Monrós, 1953a.