Alurnus bipunctatus Olivier 1792

Staines, C. L., 2013, A review of the genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (291), pp. 1-34 : 7-8

Alurnus bipunctatus Olivier 1792

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Hispa bipunctata Olivier 1792: 96 [types: French Guiana, Suriname (MNHN?)]. Olivier 1808: 760 (noted).

Alurnus bipunctatus (Olivier) . Dejean 1837: 387 (checklist); Guérin-Méneville 1840: 332 (noted); Baly 1858: 29 (redescription); Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3605 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 557 (catalog); Jacobson 1899: 249 (revision); Weise 1910: 103 (key), 1911a: 13 (catalog), 1911b: 19 (catalog); Uhmann 1932a: 36 (museum list), 1953: 48 (faunal list), 1957a: 36 (catalog); Fischer 1935: 272 (revision); Blackwelder 1946: 721 (faunal list); Guérin 1953: 99 (faunal list); Papp 1953: 31 (catalog); Haitlinger 1989: 286 (mites); Santiago-Blay and Fain 1994: 410 (mites); Chaboo 2007: 150 (phylogeny).

Alurnus apicalis Guérin-Méneville 1840: 332 [type: Cayenne, depository unknown]. Jacobson 1899: 249 (revision); Weise 1910: 103 (key), 1921: 175 (noted); Uhmann 1966: 270 (types).

Alurnus apicalis Blanchard (not Guérin-Méneville) 1845: 211 [type: Bolivia, depository unknown]. Papp 1953: 30 (catalog); Haitlinger 1989: 286 (parasites).

Alurnus bipunctatus deficiens Jacobson 1899: 249 [type: locality not specified, depository unknown]. Weise 1911a: 13 (catalog), 1911b: 19 (catalog); Fischer 1935: 272 (revision).

Alurnus bipunctatus apicalis Guérin-Méneville. Baly 1858: 29 (noted); Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3605 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 557 (catalog); Jacobson 1899: 249 (revision); Weise 1911a: 12 (catalog), 1911b: 19 (catalog), 1921: 175 (noted); Fischer 1935: 273 (revision); Blackwelder 1946: 721 (faunal list).

Alurnus bipunctatus Baly ex parte (not Olivier) 1858: 29. Jacobson 1899: 250 (revision).

Alurnus cupido Thomson 1856: 117 [type: Amazonas, depository unknown]. Baly 1858: 29 (synonymy), 1869: 367 (noted); Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3605 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 558 (catalog).

Alurnus bipunctatus olivieri Jacobson 1899: 249 [type: locality not specified, depository unknown]. Weise 1911a: 13 (catalog), 1911b: 19 (catalog); Fischer 1935: 273 (revision); Blackwelder 1946: 721 (faunal list); Papp 1953: 31 (catalog); Uhmann 1957b: 305 (catalog), 1964: 407 (catalog).

Alurnus bipunctatus var. B. Olivier 1808: plate 1, fig. 2 (illustration); Baly 1858: 29 (noted); Uhmann 1953: 47 (faunal list).

Alurnus apicalis var. A. Guérin-Méneville 1840: 332 [type: Bolivia, depository unknown]. Fischer 1935: 273 (revision); Uhmann 1966: 270 (nomenclature).

Alurnus apicalis guerini Jacobson 1899: 250 [type: locality not specified, depository unknown]. Weise 1911a: 12 (catalog), 1911b: 19 (catalog); Fischer 1935: 273 (revision); Papp 1953: 31 (catalog).

Description. Head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum, and legs black; elytra yellow with apical margin black and two black spots beyond middle; abdomen yellowish with brownish spots. Head: vertex finely punctate, not depressed between eyes; front punctate; clypeus punctate, each puncture with pale seta, no fringe present apically. Antenna: antennomere 1 subglobose, thicker than 2; 2 subequal in length to 1; 3 cylindrical, more than 2x length of 1 and 2 combined; 4-5 cylindrical, subequal in length, each shorter than 1 and 2 combined; 6-10 cylindrical, decreasing in length; 11 length 1.5x length of 10, pointed at apex. Pronotum: lateral margin bisinuate; anterior angle rounded; posterior angle acute; slight transverse basal impression present; surface rugose-punctate; setae present laterally; pronotal length 4-5 mm; pronotal width 5-7 mm. Scutellum: cordate; slightly punctate. Elytron: humerus produced, rounded; lateral and apical margins smooth, slightly explanate; sutural angle rounded, without tooth; irregularly punctate; without costae; elytral width 9.5-11.0 mm; elytral length 17-25 mm. Leg: punctate, each puncture with pale seta. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate medially, each puncture with pale seta, rugose laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, with some setae. Total length: 20.5-31.0 mm.

Larval host plant. Unknown.

Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Specimens examined. No data ( USNM, 3; BMNH, 5) ; South America ( BMNH, 1).?: Amazonas ( BMNH, 1; PSUC, 1) ; REYES, viii.05 ( BPBM). Bolivia.?: Prov. Del Sara , 450 m ( CMNH, 1). Potosí: Tanana ( USNM, 1). Santa Cruz: Buena Vista ( MHMB, 1) ; elev. 350 m, near Hotel Flora and Fauna, 11/15/03 ( FSCA, 1) ; Santa Cruz, 1922 ( USNM, 1), xii.1958 ( USNM, 1) ; Portachuela , ii.1950 ( USNM, 1), 18.iii.1951 ( USNM, 2) ; Potrerillos del Guenda , 40 NW Santa Cruz, 22.xi-12.xii.2005 ( FSCA). Brazil. Amazonas: no further data ( BMNH, 2) ; Ega ( BMNH, 1) ; Fontiboa ( USNM, 1; BMNH, 1; ZIN, 1) ; 30 km W Itaquatiara, Rio Urubu , 13.i.1981 ( CMNH, 1) ; Maues , vi.1939 ( USNM, 1) ; Taperina-Santarum ( USNM, 1) ; Santarum ( USNM, 1; CMNH, 9) ; Taperina ( CMNH, 1). Ceará: Rio Tapajós ( BMNH, 1). Pará : no further data ( USNM, 1) ; Obidos , x.1943 ( AMNH, 1) ; Bragance ( USNM, 1) ; Yurati, 9.iii.1997 ( NCSU). Rondonia: 62 km SW Ariquemes, nr. Fzda. Rancho Grande , 5-17.x.1993 ( FSCA, 1) ; 62 km S. Ariquemes Fazenda Rancho Grande, 10 o 53’S 62 o 80’W, 165 m, 19-29.ix.1996 ( LACM, 1), 22-22.xi.1991 ( UNSM) ; 62 km SE Ariquemes , 7-18.xi.1995, 17-24.iii.1989 ( BLCU). Santa Catarina: Nova Teutonia, 27 o 11’B 50 o 23’L, 500 m ( LACM, 1). Colombia. No further data ( MHMB, 1) ; Tarapagcá , 23.xi.1946 ( AMNH, 1). French Guiana. No data ( USNM, 2; BMNH, 5) ; Cayenne ( USNM, 3; PSUC, 1) ; St Laurent ( MHMB, 1) ; no further data ( NMW, 6). Guyana. Kartabo, 10.viii.1926 ( PMNH). Peru. Junín: Satipo, vii.29.1940, vii.27.1940, vii.15.1940, vii.20.1940, viii.4.1940, viii.15.1940, vii.23.1940, viii.3.1940 (4), 10.x.1939, 26.1 x.1939, 12.viii.1940, 8.viii.1940, 2.xi.1939, 8.viii.1940, no date ( LACM, 20, MHMB, 2), xii.1945 ( AMNH, 1), ix.1944 ( AMNH, 3), xi.1944 ( AMNH, 2), x.1944 ( AMNH, 1), x.1946 ( AMNH, 1), viii.1946 ( AMNH, 1), xi.1948 ( CAS, 1). Loreto: Yarinacocha , 28.vii.1972 ( USNM, 1) ; Rio Napo, 50 km upstream of Amazon , 22.iii.2004 ( USNM, 1) ; Pucallpa, i.28.1969 ( CMNC, 1). Madre de Dios: Rio Tambopata Reserve, 30 air km SW Puerto Maldonado , 1-26.xi.1982 ( CAS, 2) ; Rio Tambopata Res., 30 air km SW Pto. Maldonado, 290 m, 2-5.xi.1979 ( FSCA). Ucayali: Middle Rio Ucayali, ii.1926 ( AMNH, 1) ; Pucallpa, Rio Ucayali, 200 m ( MZSP, 1) ; Pucallpa, 6.ix.1954 ( CAS, 1), 12.ix.1954 ( CAS, 1). Venezuela. Monagas: Caripito , 17.v.1942 ( AMNH, 1). Total: 118 .