Bruchia fulvipes ( Baly 1885 )

Staines, C. L., 2007, A review of the genus Bruchia Weise 1906 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Zootaxa 1449 (1), pp. 45-50 : 46-48

Bruchia fulvipes ( Baly 1885)

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Brachycoryna fulvipes Baly 1885: 90 [Holotype: Panama, Tolé, Champion (BMNH)]. Donckier 1899: 572.

Bruchia fulvipes (Baly) . Weise 1907: 207 (transfer), 1911a: 30 (catalog), 1911b: 44 (catalog); Blackwelder 1946: 729 (faunal list); Papp 1953: 91 (catalog); Uhmann 1957: 115 (catalog); Wilcox 1975: 144 (faunal list).

Brownish-black; elytra with 5 yellow spots, 1 st at base from interspace 1 to interspace 2, 2 nd on interspace 5 just before middle, 3 rd on costa 1 near middle, 4 th from lateral margin to interspace 5 on apical 1/4 th, 5 th on costa 1 on apex; legs yellow, tarsi darker; venter dark, paler apically. Head: vertex granulose; medial sulcus present with a deep medial fovea; sulcus on inner margin of each eye; frons punctate; clypeus paler, with setae. Antenna: does not reach base of pronotum; antennomeres cylindrical; antennomere I short, transverse; II 1.5 times length of I; III–VI gradually increasing in width; VII longer than V–VI combined, long acute club; I–II punctate, III–IV with setae, V–VII setose. Pronotum: slightly longer than wide; lateral margin slightly rounded, straight at base, converging apically; anterior angle rounded; posterior angle acute; subcylindrical; surface granulose, coarsely densely punctate; medial sulcus present from apex of disc to near base; pronotal length 0.6–0.7 mm; pronotal width 0.6 mm. Scutellum: granulose. Elytron: oblong, parallel; apex regularly rounded; lateral margin finely serrulate; convex; surface granulose; humerus produced, rounded; tricostate; costa 1 strongly produced, interrupted near base, curves outward apically, does not attain apex; costae 2 & 3 shorter than 1, obsolete for most of their length; 8 rows of regular punctures, punctures deeply impressed; elytral length 1.7–1.9 mm; elytral width 0.9–1.0 mm. Venter: surface granulose; pro- and mesosterna punctate medially; last abdominal sternite with row of white setae at apex. Leg: tibia with fringe of setae at apex, punctate. Total length: 2.3–2.6 mm.

Comparative notes. This species is most similar to B. sparsa . It can be distinguished by the elytral costae not being tuberculate; the elytral punctures in regular rows; and the vertex of the head with a medial fovea.

Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Specimens examined. Colombia: Amazonas: PNN Amacayacu , San Martín , 3°46’S 70°18’W, 150 m, 22–30.iv.2000 ( IAVH) ; PNN Amacayacu, San Martín , 3°46’S 70°18’W, 150 m, 17–30.vii.2000 ( IAVH) ; PNN Amacayacu, Centro de visitants “Yewae”, 3°41’S 70°15’W, 150 m, 1–10. III.2004 ( IAVH) ; PNN Amacayacu, Matamata 3°23’S 70°06’W, 150 m, 16.iv–7.v.2001 ( IAVH) . Meta: PNN Sierra de La Macarena, Caño Curia Sendero Cachicamos , 3°21’N 72°38’W, 493 m, 25.X–30.XI.2004, 17.i–9.ii.2003 ( IAVH) ; Cundinamarca, Madre Redondo, nr. Bogata , 1300 m, III.19.1948 ( AMNH) ; Putomayo, Santa Rosa, headwaters of Rio San Miguel , 10–23.X.1970 ( FMNH) . Costa Rica: Puntarenas: 23 km N. Puerto Jiménex, La Palma, 10 m, V – VI 1992, col. P. Hanson ( UCRC) ; Pen. Osa, Puerto Jiménez , 10 m, X–XI 1992, P. Hanson ( UCRC) . Panama: Tolé ( BMNH) . Peru: Puerto Maldonado , Madre de Dios, 600 ft., IV.19.1947 ( AMNH) . Total : 19 .

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Figure 1. Bruchia armata Staines, new species, dorsal view. Figure 2. Bruchia fulvipes (Baly) dorsal view. Figure 3. Bruchia scapularis Staines, new species, dorsal view. Figure 4. Bruchia sparsa Weise, dorsal view. All bars on photos equal 1 mm.