Syphaxia Baly, 1866

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Genus Syphaxia Baly, 1866

Syphaxia Baly, 1866: 471

(type species Monocesta spectanda Clark, 1865 , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus includes just two described species, one in Peru and the other in French Guiana. See Figs 9 and 144 .

Figures

Figs 1–9. Dorsal views. 1. Monocesta coryli (Say, 1824). 2. Platycesta depressa (Clark, 1865). 3. Austrochorina consularis (Clark, 1865). 4. Coraia subcyanescens (Schaeffer, 1906). 5. Coraia maculicollis Clark, 1865. 6. Caraguata pallida (Jacoby, 1886). 7. Coelomera godmani Jacoby, 1879. 8. Chorina cincta (Clark, 1865). 9. Syphaxia maculata Jacoby, 1899.

Figs 144–152. 144. Syphaxia maculata Jacoby, 1899, simple claws. 145. Pyesexora sp., appendiculate claws. 146. Monocesta coryli (Say, 1824), bifid claws. 147. Diorhabda carinulata (Desbrochers des Loges, 1870), bifid claws. 148. Pyesexora sp., basal spur of aedeagus present.149. Scelolyperus cyanellus (LeConte, 1865), basal spur of aedeagus absent. 150. Galeruca costatissima Blake, 1945, closed procoxal cavities. 151. Erynephala puncticollis (Say, 1824), open procoxal cavities. 152. Platycesta depressa (Viswajyothi & Clark, 2021), open procoxal cavities.