Melittochlamys Monros , 1948a
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7191C4DE-86D9-A368-5770-2B3667F9E0AA |
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Melittochlamys Monros , 1948a |
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Melittochlamys Monros, 1948a Fig. 32
Melittochlamys Monrós, 1948a: 192; Fiebrig 1910: 253; Monrós 1949b: 617; Monrós 1951c: 666; Seeno and Wilcox 1982: 43; Chamorro-Lacayo and Konstantinov 2009: 80.
Type species.
Chlamys speculum Klug 1824, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Melittochlamys can be separated from all other genera by the nearly rectangular prosternal process; since the process is more or less triangular in all other genera of warty leaf beetles. Intermediate size (length 3.60-5.20 mm); body shape subglobular; antenna serrate beyond antennomere III, antennomere III slightly dilated distally; pronotum without median elevation, relatively smooth; sutural serration of elytra absent or weakly developed; elytra without well developed tubercles; appendiculate tarsal claws.
Distribution.
The genus include 13 Neotropical species ( Chamorro-Lacayo and Konstantinov 2009).
Argentinian species checklist.
1. Melittochlamys specula (Klug, 1824) (MNS). Host plant: Myrtaceae : Psidium guayaba y Psidium sp. ( Araça) ( Bokermann 1963).
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