Quadrophenia daltreyi, , Rifkind, 2017

Rifkind, Jacques, 2017, New genera and species of mimetic Cleridae from Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Cleroidea), Insecta Mundi 2017 (591), pp. 1-18 : 8

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5169515

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7F2A2366-B4E4-4F37-A5A5-45CB51D4D859

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F1E067-CC0F-FFF0-10CF-FBF6FCA0FAF9

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scientific name

Quadrophenia daltreyi
status

 

Distribution. Quadrophenia daltreyi is known only from the vicinity of Turrialba, Costa Rica.

Etymology. I dedicate this species to Roger Daltrey, lead vocalist for The Who.

Remarks. This species presumably mimics similarly colored species belonging to the chrysomelid genus Diabrotica ; for example D. olivieri Jacoby (Fig. 23).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Melyridae

Genus

Quadrophenia

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