Palmaraltica yepezi Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969

Roie, Martijn Van, D’Hont, Anouk, Konstantinov, Alexander & Furth, David, 2023, Types of Cuyabasa Bechyné, Palmaraltica Bechyné and Rhynchasphaera Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini: Oedionychina) of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, with keys to species and descriptions of genitalia, and new combinations for species transferred to the oedionychine, Zootaxa 5318 (1), pp. 67-82 : 75

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scientific name	Palmaraltica yepezi Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969
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Palmaraltica yepezi Bechyné & Bechyné 1969:54 ( Venezuela, Aragua, Rancho Grande , holotype sex unknown).

Measurements. LB = 4.65–5.47 mm; WB = 2.56–3.30 mm (N=2)

Distribution. Venezuela.

Type material. Not examined.

Additional specimens examined. Venezuela — AR Rancho Grande 1100m 21/3 1966 J. & B. Bechyne, Palmaraltica yepezi B+B, U.C.V. Collection (1 MIZA, on loan to D. Furth). Rancho Grande AR. Venezuela 1100m 1-V-51 C.J. Rosales, Palmaraltica yepezi B+ B, U.C.V. Collection (1 MIZA, on loan to D. Furth)

Literature records. VENEZUELA: Aragua: Rancho Grande, 1100 m, 1. V. (Typus, [male]) et 8. Vii. 1951, 9. V. 1953, 5. V. 1957 et 5. Xi. 1958 (F. Fernández Yépez, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 1. V. 1951 (C. J. Rosales, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 15. Iv. 1955 (F. Fernández Yépez et C.. J. Rosales, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 20. Vii. 1949 (P. Fenjves, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 20. Vi. 1965 (F. Rome1·o, Fac.Agron., Maracay); ibid., 27. Iii. 1966, 13. Vii. 1967 et 21. Iv. 1968 (J. et B. Bechyne, Fac. Agron., Maracay); Carretera Maracay- Choroni, 13. V. 1948 (F. Fernández Yépez, Fac. Agron., Maracay). ( Bechyné & Bechyné 1969).

Description of genitalia. Specimens studied were not allowed to be dissected.

Diagnosis. Palmaraltica yepezi can be separated from P. heteronycha and P. tomentosa by general coloration and habitus ( Figure 6 View FIGURE 6 ), together with the bifid protarsal claws.