Brachiacantha indubitabilis Crotch, 1873

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael, Toledo-Hernandez, Victor Hugo, Solis, Angel, Gonzalez, Guillermo & Vetrovec, Jaroslav, 2021, The Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central America, ZooKeys 1024, pp. 157-196 : 157

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scientific name	Brachiacantha indubitabilis Crotch
status

Treatment

Brachiacantha indubitabilis Crotch

Brachyacantha indubitabilis Crotch, 1873: 379. Casey 1899: 120. Leng 1911: 315. Korschefsky 1931: 205.

Hyperaspis triplicans Casey, 1924: 163. Korschefsky 1931: 198. Dobzhansky 1941: 11.

Hyperaspis triplicans microsticta Casey, 1924: 163. Korschefsky 1931: 192. Dobzhansky 1941: 11.

Brachiacantha indubitabilis Gordon, 1985: 596. Flores-Mejía and Salas-Araiza 2004: 14.

Material examined.

Costa Rica • 2♀, 6♂; Guanacaste Prov., 20 km N Liberia; 15 Jul 1989; David G. Furth leg. (USNMNH) . Guatemala • 1♂; Chicacao ; 07 Jul 1949; T. H. Farr leg. (USNMNH) .

Diagnosis.

Length 3.2-3.7 mm, width 2.5-2.8 mm. Dorsally black, pronotum with lateral and anterior margins yellow, orange, or red; each elytron with three orange or red spots, males and females without humeral spots. Males without ventral cusps. Penis guide of male genitalia asymmetrical.

Distribution.

United States of America and México. New record to Costa Rica and Guatemala.

Discussion.

This species shows a color pattern that is very common in species of the Brachiacantha dentipes group; however, it can be recognized because it lacks ventral cusps and lacks humeral spots in males.