Brachiacantha Chevrolat, 1836

Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5728 (3), pp. 451-495 : 455

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scientific name	Brachiacantha Chevrolat, 1836
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Brachiacantha Chevrolat, 1836 View in CoL

Brachiacantha Chevrolat View in CoL in Dejean, 1836: 434; Gordon, 1987: 26; Milléo & Almeida, 2007: 419; Gordon et al., 2014: 3 View Cited Treatment ; Nestor-Arriola et al., 2021: 158.

Brachyacantha Chevrolat in D’Orbigny, 1842: 705; Mulsant, 1850: 520; Crotch, 1874: 377; Chapuis, 1876: 228; Korschefsky, 1931: 202; Blackwelder, 1945: 448.

Cleothera ( Cyra) Mulsant, 1850: 544 ; Cyra: Crotch, 1874: 213; Milléo & Almeida, 2007: 421; Gordon et al., 2013: 112.

Type species: Coccinella dentipes Fabricius, 1801 ; by subsequent designation of Crotch (1874).

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Maranhão; Ceará; Rio Grande do Norte; Paraíba; Pernambuco; Bahia; Alagoas.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Brachiacantha bahiensis Brèthes, 1924 ; Brachiacantha groendali ( Mulsant, 1850) ; Brachiacantha regina Gordon & Canepari, 2014 ; Brachiacantha sally Gordon & Canepari, 2014 ; Brachiacantha sellata ( Mulsant, 1850) .

Comments. Brachiacantha has 25 species in Brazil, with five species confirmed to occur in NE Brazil, is the most diverse genus of Brachiacanthini in this region ( Gordon et al. 2014).