Labasiella eugeniae

Opitz, Weston, 2019, ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 127-170 : 143-145

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3762392
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804562
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scientific name	Labasiella eugeniae
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Labasiella eugeniae ( SOLERVICENS, 1998) ( Figs 22 View Figs 1-27 , 49 View Figs 44-56 , 71 View Fig 71 , 79 View Figs 72-80 , 103 View Figs 103-107 )

Exochonotus eugeniae SOLERVICENS 1998: 82.

Holotype: ♂. Parque Nacional Pan de Az ủcar, Provincia de Chañaral, III Región, Chile ( MNNC). A second label reads: En troncos secos de Euphorbia lactiflua. A third label reads: Nacen en laboratorio Nov. 1997. Allotype and 15 paratypes from the same locality as the holotype ( MNNC). SOLERVICENS, 2000: 37 (Exochonotus); 2005: 51 (Exochonotus).

Diagnosis: The large capitulum ( Fig. 22 View Figs 1-27 ) will distinguish the members of this species from congeners. Additional characteristics involve: Elytral asetiferous punctures striate, epipleural margin serrulate near elytral apex.

Description: This species was adequately described and illustrated by SOLERVICENS (1998: 82). Additional information involves: Antenna as in Fig 22 View Figs 1-27 ,

pronotum as in Fig. 49 View Figs 44-56 habitus as in Fig. 79 View Figs 72-80 , and aedeagus as in Fig. 103. View Figs 103-107

Natural history: The type series was reared in the laboratory from a dry stem of a Chilean plant called ̎lechero̎ [Euphorbia lactiflua PHIL. (Euphorbiacea)].

Distribution ( Fig.71 View Fig 71 ): Known only from Chile.