Melittochlamys Monros , 1948a

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 : 58

Melittochlamys Monros, 1948a Fig. 32

Melittochlamys Monrós, 1948a: 192; Fiebrig 1910: 253; Monrós 1949b: 617; Monrós 1951c: 666; Seeno and Wilcox 1982: 43; Chamorro-Lacayo and Konstantinov 2009: 80.

Type species.

Chlamys speculum Klug 1824, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Melittochlamys can be separated from all other genera by the nearly rectangular prosternal process; since the process is more or less triangular in all other genera of warty leaf beetles. Intermediate size (length 3.60-5.20 mm); body shape subglobular; antenna serrate beyond antennomere III, antennomere III slightly dilated distally; pronotum without median elevation, relatively smooth; sutural serration of elytra absent or weakly developed; elytra without well developed tubercles; appendiculate tarsal claws.

Distribution.

The genus include 13 Neotropical species ( Chamorro-Lacayo and Konstantinov 2009).

Argentinian species checklist.

1. Melittochlamys specula (Klug, 1824) (MNS). Host plant: Myrtaceae : Psidium guayaba y Psidium sp. ( Araça) ( Bokermann 1963).