Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant, 1850

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael, Toledo-Hernandez, Victor Hugo, Solis, Angel, Gonzalez, Guillermo & Vetrovec, Jaroslav, 2021, The Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central America, ZooKeys 1024, pp. 157-196 : 157

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FDD37EA9-9121-4385-B67D-51AD313CB49E

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant
status

 

Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant

Brachyacantha subfasciata Mulsant, 1850: 527. Crotch 1874: 211. Gorham 1894: 187. Leng 1911: 302. Leng 1920: 212. Korschefsky 1931: 207.

Brachiacantha subfasciata Gordon, 1985: 574. Nestor-Arriola and Toledo-Hernández 2019: 550.

Material examined.

Material listed in Nestor-Arriola and Toledo-Hernández (2019).

Diagnosis.

Length 3.8-5 mm, width 2.8-3.3 mm. Oval body. Dorsally black with one to four spots on each elytron. Third ventrite of male with separated cusps connected by a curved emargination. Male genitalia asymmetrical; penis guide almost truncate, without apical hook.

Distribution.

From the center of the USA to Honduras.

Discussion.

This species is very similar to others of the Brachiacantha dentipes group, but the male genitalia are different as they lack the apical hook on the penis guide.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Brachiacantha

Loc

Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael, Toledo-Hernandez, Victor Hugo, Solis, Angel, Gonzalez, Guillermo & Vetrovec, Jaroslav 2021
2021
Loc

Brachiacantha subfasciata

Mulsant 1850
1850