Pachybrachis connexus Fall, 1915

Barney, Robert J., 2019, Definition and Revision of the Pubescens Species-Group of North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), Including Descriptions of Three New Species, The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (4), pp. 1017-1048 : 1019

1. Elytra with subsutural and marginal black stripes connected narrowly along base and broadly along declivity ( Figs. 1 , 13A ) ...... .............. 1. Pachybrachis connexus Fall

1 ʹ. Elytra without subsutural and marginal black stripes .............................................. 2

2. Pronotum distinctly different color and pubescence much heavier than on elytra .............. 3

2 ʹ. Pronotum and elytra primarily same color, equal in degree of pubescence .............. 4

Figures

Fig. 1. Pachybrachis connexus, Riverside Co., California. A–B) Dorsal and lateral habitus, respectively, C) Face, D) Pygidium, E–F) Median lobe of aedeagus, lateral and en-face views, respectively.

Fig. 13. Pachybrachis species, type specimens. A) P. connexus (female), B) P. integratus (female), C) P. morosus (female), D) P. haematodes (male), E) P. analis (female), F) P. marmoratus (female), G) P. desertus (male), H) P. brunneus (male), I) P. uteanus (male).