Amblycerus cuernavacensis Romero, Johnson & Kingsolver, 1996

Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, 2019, Rearrangements in some species groups of Amblycerus Thunberg, 1815 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) including keys, description of a new species, new host plant and distributional records, Zootaxa 4701 (2), pp. 101-148 : 130-131

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.2.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5622708

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Amblycerus cuernavacensis Romero, Johnson & Kingsolver, 1996
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Amblycerus cuernavacensis Romero, Johnson & Kingsolver, 1996

( Figs 18 View FIGURES 15–18 , 27 View FIGURES 22–27 , 42 View FIGURES 41–44 , 55 View FIGURES 54–57 , 72, 85, 104, 108, 120)

Amblycerus cuernavacensis Romero et al. 1996 (desc., type, distr., key); Romero et al. 2002 (phyl.).

Type material. The species was recognized through its original description and illustration of the male genitalia ( Romero et al. 1996). Specimen identified by Romero and Kingsolver (below) was also examined.

Additional specimens examined. [1 male specimen]: Ajijic, JAL., MEX.\ 13 May, 1964\ WLNutting\ at lt. 5140’; Amblycerus sp. ♀ [handwritten symbol]; Amblycerus \ cuernavacensis\ det. R. J. + K.\ J. M. Kingsolver; Amblycerus cuernavacensis \ Romero, Johnson and Kingsolver, 1996 \ Det.: A. T. Santos;\ C. S. Ribeiro-Costa, 2017. ( FSCA).

Measurements. BL: 6.8 mm; BW: 3.9 mm.

Diagnosis ( Figs 29 View FIGURES 28–31 , 104 View FIGURES 103–106 ). Amblycerus cuernavacensis is characterized by the following characters combination: pronotum subtrapezoidal in dorsal view with five dense strips of setae ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 54–57 ); internal sac of male genitalia with a pair of hollow, subquadrate, tuberculate sclerites in the apical region and median region with an unpaired trapezoidal sclerite ( Fig. 104 View FIGURES 103–106 ). The species differs from A. spondiae by the lateral carina reaching the posterior margin of pronotum (almost reaching the posterior margin of pronotum in A. spondiae ), cervical boss with two setae (three setae in A. spondiae ) and scutellum tridentate with all teeth with about the same length (median tooth longer in A. spondiae ). Amblycerus cuernavacensis can be distinguished from A. alternatus by the distinct frontoclypeal suture (indistinct in A. alternatus ), lateral carina reaching the posterior margin of pronotum (almost reaching in A. alternatus ) and scutellum tridentate with all teeth with same length (median tooth longer than the lateral ones in A. alternatus ). Finally, the species can be distinguished from A. vitis by the subquadrate and tuberculate apical sclerite (subtriangular, non-tuberculated in A. vitis ) and in median region, where A. cuernavacensis has an unpaired, subtrapezoidal sclerite, whilst A. vitis has a long wishbone sclerite.

Distribution ( Fig. 120 View FIGURES 120–121 ). Mexico.

Life History. No information was found on this species in the literature.

Host Plants. Unknown.

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Amblycerus

Loc

Amblycerus cuernavacensis Romero, Johnson & Kingsolver, 1996

Santos, Aluska Tavares Dos & Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare 2019
2019
Loc

Amblycerus cuernavacensis

Romero 1996
1996
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