Amblycerus viridans Ribeiro-Costa, 1998

Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, Vieira, Marcelli Krul, Manfio, Daiara & Kergoat, Gael J., 2014, A remarkable new species group of green seed beetles from genus Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), with description of a new Brazilian species, ZooKeys 401, pp. 31-44 : 38

Amblycerus viridans Ribeiro-Costa, 1998

Amblycerus viridans Ribeiro-Costa, 1998: 633 (original description, holotype, type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso). Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 634, Figs 11-15. Detailed description and information of type material are in Ribeiro-Costa (1998).

Distribution.

Brazil (Mato Grosso).

Comparative notes.

Amblycerus viridans differs from all other species in the group by the structure of the internal sac of male genitalia, which includes a pair of sclerites formed by dense denticles ( Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 634, Fig. 14: EPL) (character absent in Amblycerus virescens , Amblycerus viridis , Amblycerus virens and Amblycerus medialis ). This species is similar to Amblycerus viridis because they both have a wishbone sclerite that is shorter than the blades; in addition both species also share the presence of a pair of slender denticulate sclerites on median region ( Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 634, Fig. 14: EPC). Additional information on external morphological similarities is also presented in the section dedicated to Amblycerus virescens .