Gyascutus (s. str.) planicosta (LeConte) Nelson, 2000

Nelson, G. H., 2000, A revision of the subtribe Hippomelanina, part II: Gyascutus (Gyascutus) LeConte (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Journal of Natural History 34 (12), pp. 2251-2292 : 2256-2257

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/002229300750037893

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/224D878C-BD02-D512-FE9D-F9BBFC19FB6D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Gyascutus (s. str.) planicosta (LeConte)
status

 

1. Gyascutus (s. str.) planicosta (LeConte) View in CoL , comb. nov.

(®gures 33, 47)

Chalcophora planicosta LeConte, 1858a: 66 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Colour blue-green to green or with brassy tint to dark blue; antennae reaching to or beyond posterior angles of pronotum when laid alongside in male, to just beyond middle in female; smooth areas or pronotum variably raised; elytra with or without costae; male genitalia elongate, swollen at base, slender toward apex (®gure 33).

Comparisons. This species is most similar to G. insularis (Helfer) and G. fulgidus (Barr) under each of which it is compared.

This species is polytypic, separating into three subspeci®c populations.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

Genus

Gyascutus

Loc

Gyascutus (s. str.) planicosta (LeConte)

Nelson, G. H. 2000
2000
Loc

Chalcophora planicosta LeConte, 1858a: 66

LECONTE, J. L. 1858: 66
1858
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