Texiluperus, Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022

Viswajyothi, Keezhpattillam & Clark, Shawn M., 2022, New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 842, pp. 1-102 : 34

Genus Texiluperus gen. nov.

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Type species

Luperodes spretus Horn, 1893 , by present designation.

Diagnosis

The antennae of this genus are unusual among the Scelidites , the third antennomere being fully twice as long as the second. See the following key for additional diagnostic characters.

Etymology

The name ‘ Texiluperus ’ suggests that the genus occurs in Texas, which is the case for both described species. The name should be treated as a male noun.

Remarks

This genus includes two putative species, both of which were originally named in Luperodes and most recently placed in Pseudoluperus : T. spretus ( Horn, 1893) comb. nov. and T. texanus ( Horn, 1893) comb. nov. Future study might show that they are mere color forms of a single variable species. See Wilcox (1965) for a key that includes the two putative species (as part of Pseudoluperus ).