Brachiacantha octopustulata (Fabricius, 1801)

Gordon, Robert D., Canepari, Claudio & Hanley, Guy A., 2014, South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVI: systematic revision of Brachiacantha Dejean (Coccinellinae: Hyperaspidini), Insecta Mundi 2014 (390), pp. 1-76 : 6

27(21). Elytron with 4 discrete yellow spots, spots arranged in 2 diagonal rows, lacking humeral or scutellar spot, both anterior spots widely removed from basal border of elytron ( Fig. 88 ) ..... ........................................................................................................... 16. B. octopustulata (F.)

— Elytron with spot arrangement not as described above, nearly always with 1 or more spots on basal margin of elytron ............................................................................................................ 28

28(27). Lateral margin of elytron with yellow humeral, mediolateral, and apical spots connected, forming an irregular, lateral vitta extended from base to apex ( Fig. 13 ) ........................................... 29

— Lateral margin without lateral vitta, or if vitta present then vitta not complete ................... 30

Figures

Figures 88–107. 88–94. Brachiacantha octopustulata. 88) Habitus. 89) Phallobase ventral. 80) Phallobase lateral. 91) Sipho. 92) Enlarged siphonal apex lateral. 93) Enlarged siphonal apex dorsal. 94) Female genitalia. 95–102. Brachiacantha loricata. 95) Habitus. 96) Phallobase ventral. 97) Phallobase lateral. 98) Sipho. 99) Enlarged siphonal apex lateral. 100) Enlarged siphonal apex dorsal. 101) Enlarged siphonal apex dorsal. 102) Female genitalia. 103–107. Brachiacantha lynn. 103) Habitus. 104) Phallobase ventral. 104) Phallobase lateral. 106) Sipho. 107) Enlarged siphonal apex.

Figures 1–17. 1–6. Brachiacantha bistripustulata. 1) Habitus. 2) Phallobase ventral. 3) Phallobase lateral. 4) Sipho. 5) Enlarged siphonal apex. 6) Female genitalia. 7–12. Brachiacantha buckleyi. 7) Habitus. 8) Phallobase ventral. 9) Phallobase lateral. 10) Sipho. 11) Enlarged siphonal apex. 12) Female spermathecal capsule. 13–17. Brachiacantha charlotte. 13) Habitus. 14) Phallobase ventral. 15) Phallobase lateral. 16) Sipho. 17) Enlarged siphonal apex.