Metalepta Baly, 1861

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Genus Metalepta Baly, 1861

Metalepta Baly, 1861: 205 (type species Metalepta tuberculata Baly, 1861 , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus includes three described species, distributed in Ecuador and Peru. See Fig. 50 for a habitus illustration. Beenen (2013) reported the front coxal cavities to be posteriorly closed. However, they appear to be open in material we have examined. Perhaps, this character is variable among the species. Regarding this genus, we have not used this character in the following key. The placement in the principally Old World section Apophyliites is quite doubtful.

Figures

Figs 46–54. Dorsal views. 46. Hecataeus nigricollis Jacoby, 1888. 47. Nyctiplanctus? farri Blake, 1963. 48. Nyctiplanctus ferrugineus (Blake, 1963). 49. Metacycla sallei Baly, 1861. 50. Metalepta degandii Baly, 1961. 51. Zepherina defensa (Bechyné, 1956). 52. Zepherina trinidadensis (Weise, 1929). 53. Zepherina brevicollis (Weise, 1921). 54. Zepherina parvicollis Bechyné & Bechyné, 1976.