Trachyelytron, Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945 |
publication LSID |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14513939 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/359BFF29-9AAE-4A1B-94A5-6D5BE20F675C |
taxon LSID |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Trachyelytron |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Trachyelytron gen. nov.
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Type species
Chthoneis smaragdipennis Jacoby, 1888 , by present designation.
Diagnosis
The single named species in this genus was formerly placed in Platymorpha , but the two genera have very little in common. Among other things, males of Trachyelytron gen. nov. lack a mesal spine or spinelike tuft of setae on the clypeus, as well as enlarged foretibiae that are characteristic of Platymorpha . The coarse elytral punctation ( Fig. 107 View Figs 100–108 ) is also characteristic of the new genus. See the following key for additional diagnostic characters.
Etymology
The name ‘ Trachyelytron ’ is Greek for ‘rough sheath’, and it refers to the coarsely punctate elytra.
Remarks
This genus is erected to accommodate a single described species, T. smaragdipennis ( Jacoby, 1888) comb. nov., which occurs in Guatemala. Specimens we have seen from Nicaragua probably belong to the same species, although the elytra are metallic purple, rather than metallic green. See Fig. 107 View Figs 100–108 for a habitus illustration.
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Galerucinae |
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Luperini |