Amblycerus virescens Ribeiro-Costa, 1998

Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele Stramare, Vieira, Marcelli Krul, Manfio, Daiara & Kergoat, Gael J., 2014, A remarkable new species group of green seed beetles from genus Amblycerus Thunberg (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), with description of a new Brazilian species, ZooKeys 401, pp. 31-44 : 37

Amblycerus virescens Ribeiro-Costa, 1998

Amblycerus virescens Ribeiro-Costa, 1998: 630 (original description, holotype, type locality: Brazil, Amazonas). Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 631-632, Figs 1-10. Detailed description and information of type material are in Ribeiro-Costa (1998).

Distribution.

Brazil (Amazonas, Amapá and Goiás).

Comparative notes.

This species can be distinguished from all other of virens group by the internal sac of male genitalia that has a pair of subtriangular sclerites with denticulate margins ( Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 632. Fig. 9) ( Amblycerus virens , Amblycerus viridis and Amblycerus viridans , have a pair of sclerites with small rounded protuberances) (Fig. 5; Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 634, 636. Figs 14, 19); Amblycerus medialis Ribeiro-Costa, Vieira & Manfio, sp. n. absent (Fig. 11)).

Amblycerus virescens and Amblycerus viridans have no salient eyes ( Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 631. Fig. 1), postocular lobe long, and metaventrite not protuberant ( Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 631. Fig. 4). However, comparisons of male genitalia indicate that Amblycerus virescens is similar to Amblycerus virens because they both have a wishbone sclerite that is longer than the blades (Fig. 5; Ribeiro-Costa 1998: 632. Fig. 9).