identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03A487DA8D7AFFC53B89F8EAFA15FCFD.text	03A487DA8D7AFFC53B89F8EAFA15FCFD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Oedionychina Chapuis 1875	<div><p>Identification key for Oedionychina recorded for Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, Goiás, Brazil</p><p>1. Head with pale maculae in vertex (Figs 6D, 6E). Labrum with more than four setae. Pronotal lateral explanation narrow. Metafemur fusiform, width as great as about ½ of metatibia length (Fig. 3D, arrow). Fourth visible metatarsomere moderately globose, fusiform (Fig. 1D, arrow) ... Omophoita Chevrolat, 1836 .............................................. 2</p><p>– Head without pale maculae in vertex. Labrum with four setae. Pronotal lateral explanation wide. Metafemur triangular, width as great as length of metatibia (Fig. 3A, arrow). Fourth visible metatarsomere strongly globose (Fig. 1C, arrow).......... 3</p><p>2. Body integument black. Elytral integument reddish, with four rectangular elytral maculae. Pale macula of vertex rounded................................................................................ Omophoita mateusi sp. nov.</p><p>– Body integument reddish brown or light brown. Elytral integument reddish brown or light brown, with ten elytral maculae, eight larger in the dorsal region and two smaller in the humeral region. Pale macula of vertex rectangular.................................................................................... Omophoita magniguttis Bechyně, 1955</p><p>3. Eyes widely separated, interocular space nearly three times width of an eye.............. Paranaita opima (Germar, 1824)</p><p>– Interocular space smaller, less than two times width of an eye.................................................. 4</p><p>4. Width of head greater than height in frontal view, interocular space nearly twice width of an eye, antennal calli brown, darker tone than rest of head..................................................... Alagoasa burmeisteri (Harold, 1881)</p><p>– Width of head subequal to height in frontal view … Walterianella Bechyně, 1955 .................................. 5</p><p>5. Supracallinal sulcus of antennal calli not reaching margin of eye. Interocular space slightly wider than width of an eye. Anterofrontal ridge forming a 90-degree angle between frons and labrum. Elytral integument dark brown, with a yellowish horizontal band in median portion................................................. Walterianella marae sp. nov.</p><p>– Supracallinal sulcus horizontally straight, reaching the margin of eyes, and then curving upwards (Fig. 6H). Anterofrontal ridge gradually sloping towards labrum, not forming an angle. Body integument yellow, lacking elytral maculae........................................................................................... Walterianella tapuiae sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487DA8D7AFFC53B89F8EAFA15FCFD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski;Prado, Laura Rocha;Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Prado, Laura Rocha, Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2025): Oedionychina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, a Cerrado remnant. Zootaxa 5659 (1): 29-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2
03A487DA8D79FFC23B89FC95FE0EFB95.text	03A487DA8D79FFC23B89FC95FE0EFB95.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Alagoasa burmeisteri (Harold 1881)	<div><p>Alagoasa burmeisteri (Harold, 1881)</p><p>(Figs 1A–1C, 3A – 2C, 5A–5C, 6A–6C, 7A, 8A, 9A, and 10A)</p><p>Oedionychus burmeisteri Harold 1881: 147 (type locality, Corrientes, Argentina); Blackwelder 1945: 709 (as Oedionychus). Bechyně 1955a: 203; Bechyně, 1955b: 9; Bechyně, 1958: 683; Bechyně, 1959: 358; Bechyně &amp; Bechyně, 1971: 303.</p><p>Length: 6.29 mm (male), 8.40–8.60 mm (female), based on one male and three females.</p><p>Head: oval, base of vertex bearing two darker divergent maculae or a triangular macula. Width of head greater than height in frontal view. Interocular space nearly twice width of eye. Height of eye longer than 1,5 times its width. Interantennal space brown, projected beyond antennal bulbus. Vertex sparsely covered with small punctures. Antennal calli trapezoid, brown, supracallinal sulcus and midfrontal sulcus well-marked. Anterofrontal ridge tall, narrow, abruptly sloping towards labrum, making nearly 90-degree angle between frons and labrum. Gena bearing many short setae. Labrum suboval with small, curved recess in margin, with four horizontal evenly spaced setae.</p><p>Antennae: filiform, with 11 antennomeres. Antennomere I as long as II and III combined. Antennomeres I–IV dark yellow, antennomeres V–XI dark brown.</p><p>Prothorax: yellow, side margins of pronotum widely explanate, anterior angle of pronotum extending beyond head insertion, posterior angle of pronotum acuminate, pointed outwards.Anterolateral callosity short and truncated, thin in lateral view. Anterior pronotal margin convex and posterior pronotal margin nearly parallel in dorsal view. Prosternum same color as pronotum, emarginated, anterior margin V-shaped, anterior margin of prosternum explanate, prosternal process rounded. Three distinct morphs were observed, one female and one male with two trapezoid black maculae centrally positioned on the disk of pronotum (morphotype 1— Fig. 1A); one female with a black pronotum with yellow lateral margins (morphotype 2— Fig. 1B); and one female with a yellow pronotum and a trapezoidal black macula (morphotype 3— Fig. 1C). Mesothorax and metathorax: yellow to dark brown, mesothorax short, metathorax rectangular with metathoracic suture visible. Bearing fine setae disposed through whole thorax. Elytra: widely explanate, epipleura bent upwards except for the distal third of elytra. Covered with confused punctuation. Four distinct morphs were observed: one male with elytral integument dark yellow and black maculae, 14 black maculae, and one triangular macula in median apical portion of elytra (Fig. 1A, right specimen); one female like previous male, with 12 black maculae, and one triangular macula in median apical portion of elytra (morphotype 1— Fig. 1A, left specimen); one female with dark brown to black elytral integument, with 12 pale yellow maculae, and pale yellow epipleura (morphotype 2— Fig. 1B); one female with dark yellow elytral integument, with 20 black maculae, and one triangular macula in median apical portion of elytra (morphotype 3— Fig. 1C). Scutellum dark brown to black. Legs: yellow, pro- and mesothoracic tibiae similar, lacking spurs. Metafemur wide, nearly as wide as length of metatibia, somewhat triangular with concave outer margin. Metatibia with wide distal recess and sharp denticle medially near apex, tibial spur robust and curved. Distal metatarsomere strongly globose.</p><p>Abdomen: dark brown, distal portion and sides yellow, five visible segments. Fine setae present throughout. Abdominal process between metacoxae narrow. Aedeagus, median lobe (Figs. 7A, 8A, 9A): dorsal process acuminate. Apical hood reduced, exposing complex structures on dorsal face. Short, length approximately three the times length of the exposed apical portion. Oblique dorsal process converging at base and nearly parallel at apex, apex pointing outwards and upwards. Apex of dorsal median process wider than base. Basal hooks small, acuminate. Spermatheca (Fig. 10A): receptacle goblet-like. Pump convex, acuminate, less sclerotized than receptacle, base of pump narrower than apex of receptacle. Spermathecal duct long, with three tight coils.</p><p>Studied specimens: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.13151&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.55325" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.13151/lat -16.55325)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, margem do córrego carapina – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.13151&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.55325" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.13151/lat -16.55325)">Trilha da Onça</a> | -16.534879 -49.113812 – 790m | 08.ix.2022 - 05.x.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♀, ♂ (MZSP); Malaise Mata – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.13151&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.55325" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.13151/lat -16.55325)">Trilha do Tamanduá</a> | -16.553250 -49.131511 – 880m | 08.ix.2022 - 05.x.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♀ (ZUFG); (Same location as previous) 05.x.2022 - 09.xi.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♀ (ZUFG) .</p><p>Distribution: Brazil – states of Goiás, Mato Grosso; Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay.</p><p>Remarks: Illustrations of elytral patterns in Bechyně (1955a) helped identification of these specimens; while morphotypes 2 and 3 are presented in that publication (table 18, figures 13 and 17 respectively), morphotype 1 is not. Morphotype 1 bears some resemblance to A. nigromaculata (Harold, 1876) (table 17, figures 21 and 22 in Bechyně, 1955a).</p><p>We compare dissected genitalia to specimens of Alagoasa dissected by Begha et al. (2021b), Konstantinov et al. (2022), and Ramos et al. (2024). While A. burmeisteri has a singular median lope shape, highlighting the acuminate oblique dorsal process, the wide apex of median dorsal process is similar to A. areata (Germar, 1824) . As for the spermatheca, when compared to A. libentina (Germar, 1824) (10E), the pump is mostly straight in shape, and the pump apex is curved downward.</p><p>The male is noticeably smaller than the females (ca. 20mm of difference in length). The aedeagus bears similarities to those observed for other Alagoasa species (Begha et al. 2021b). After comparing the morphology of the spermatheca, dark brown antennal calli and interantennal space, shape of anterolateral callosities, and the prosternum, morphotypes were all deemed similar enough to be grouped in the same species. Due to a lack of dissected genital material currently, we can’t determine if A. nigromaculata is a separate species or part of the A. burmeisteri complex.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487DA8D79FFC23B89FC95FE0EFB95	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski;Prado, Laura Rocha;Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Prado, Laura Rocha, Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2025): Oedionychina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, a Cerrado remnant. Zootaxa 5659 (1): 29-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2
03A487DA8D7EFFC03B89FB0BFAF1FC68.text	03A487DA8D7EFFC03B89FB0BFAF1FC68.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Omophoita mateusi Begha & Prado & Oliveira 2025	<div><p>Omophoita mateusi Begha &amp; Prado sp. nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act: 7832F306-4BF0-46A7-B850-7452E0789FCC</p><p>(Figs 1D, 3D, 5D, 6D, 7B, 8B, 9B)</p><p>Length: 8.84 mm, based on one male.</p><p>Head: rounded. Pale rounded macula present, covering the area of the antennal calli and vertex. Width of head subequal to height in frontal view. Interocular space slightly wider than twice width of eye. Height of eye slightly longer than twice its width. Interantennal space projected to the length of antennal bulbus. Vertex smooth. Antennal calli trapezoid, midfrontal sulcus well-marked, supracallinal sulcus nearly inconspicuous. Anterofrontal ridge not forming a narrow slope, making more than 90-degree angle between frons and labrum. Gena bearing many short setae. Two pale maculae visible at the lower portion of the frons and clypeus. Labrum suboval with small, curved recess in margin, with 12 horizontal evenly spaced setae. Antennae: filiform, with 11 antennomeres. Antennomere I as long as II and III combined. All antennomeres black.</p><p>Prothorax: light pink to orange, side margins of pronotum explanate, anterior angle of the pronotum extending beyond the head insertion, posterior angle of pronotum rounded, slightly pointed outwards. Anterolateral callosity rounded, swollen in lateral view. Pronotal margins strongly convex. Prosternum with the same color as the pronotum, nearly flat, prosternal process rounded, droplet shaped. Metathorax and mesothorax: black, except for small yellow macula between mesocoxae, mesothorax short, metathorax rectangular with metathoracic suture visible. Fine setae present throughout. Elytra: explanate, epipleura bent upwards except for the distal third of elytra. Covered with confused punctuation. Elytral integument red. Four white maculae present, two rectangular, positioned diagonally in the median portion, two subtrapezoid in the posterior portion. Scutellum red. Legs: black, pro and mesothoracic tibiae similar, lacking spurs. Metafemur fusiform, longer than wide, evenly convex on anterior side. Metatibia with wide rounded distal recess, tibial spur slender. Distal metatarsomere moderately globose, fusiform.</p><p>Abdomen: dark brown, distal and lateral portions yellow, five visible segments. Fine setae present throughout. Abdominal process between metacoxae narrow, relatively long. Aedeagus, median lobe (7B, 8B, 9B): dorsal process acuminate. Apical hood retracted exposing complex structures on the dorsal face. Long, length slightly over three and a half times the length of the exposed apical portion. Dorsal median process broad with sides subparallel, ventral sclerite longer than dorsal median process, oblique dorsal process subparallel. Basal hooks small, acuminate.</p><p>Holotype: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, próximo ao reservatório – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Trilha da Mangueira</a> | -16.555119 -49.172473 | 05.viii.2022 - 08.ix.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♂ (MZSP).</p><p>Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym honoring Dr. Mateus Henrique Santos (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa – UEPG), for his important contributions to the knowledge of biology of Brazilian Oedionychina .</p><p>Distribution: Brazil – state of Goiás.</p><p>Remarks: We propose that Omophoita mateusi sp. nov. is part of the O. octoguttata species group within Omophoita, as it shares several morphological features with O. octoguttata (Fabricius, 1775), such as the black body integument, the rounded shape of the pale maculae of the head, and similar morphology of the median lobe (Begha et al. 2023a), while maintaining different elytral patterns and areas of distribution. This group also comprises but is likely not limited to, O. personata (Illiger, 1807), O. sesquilunata (Klug, 1829), and O. elytralis (Bechyně, 1956), according to recent morphological studies (Begha et al. 2021a; Begha et al. 2023a; Begha et al. 2023b). As suggested by a preliminary phylogeny by Begha et al. (2021b), these species appear to be part of a monophyletic group within Omophoita, but further studies including other taxa are required. We also suggest that O. aequinoctialis, found in the northern regions of Brazil within the Amazon rainforest (Konstantinov et al. 2022; Begha et al. 2023a) belongs to this group based on similar external morphology (Konstantinov et al. 2022) and male genitalia (Blake 1931).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487DA8D7EFFC03B89FB0BFAF1FC68	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski;Prado, Laura Rocha;Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Prado, Laura Rocha, Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2025): Oedionychina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, a Cerrado remnant. Zootaxa 5659 (1): 29-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2
03A487DA8D7CFFC03B89FC0FFE1DF937.text	03A487DA8D7CFFC03B89FC0FFE1DF937.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Omophoita magniguttis Bechyne 1955	<div><p>Omophoita magniguttis Bechyně, 1955</p><p>(Figs 2A, 4A, 4E, 6E, 10B)</p><p>Omophoita (Homophoeta) magniguttis Bechyně 1955b: 3 (type locality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; holotype; type depository, Natural History Museum Basel). Bechyně 1957: 19; Bechyně 1958: 677 (as Homophoeta magniguttis).</p><p>Scherer 1960: 257 ( Homophoeta aequinoctiallis magniguttis). Bechyně &amp; Bechyně 1971: 296; Seeno et al. 1976: 37; Begha et al. 2023a: 381.</p><p>Length: 6.12–7.07 mm, based on five females.</p><p>Spermatheca (10B): Reniform.Apex of receptacle with width same as base of pump. Pump convex, acuminate, less sclerotized than receptacle. Spermathecal duct with two coils.</p><p>Studied specimens: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, próximo ao reservatório – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Trilha da Mangueira</a> | -16.555119 -49.172473 | 05.viii.2022 - 08ix.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. 3 ♀; (Same location as previous) 08.ix.2022 - 05.x.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♀; Malaise Mata, margem do córrego carapina – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.11381&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.53488" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.11381/lat -16.53488)">Trilha da Onça</a> | -16.534879 -49.113812 – 790m | 08.ix.2022 - 05.X.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♀ (ZUFG) .</p><p>Distribution: Brazil – states of Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Santa Catarina; Argentina, Bolívia, Paraguay, Peru.</p><p>Remarks: This is a known species of Omophoita widespread in Brazil. Begha et al. (2023a) provide an updated morphological description for this species, including illustrations and dissections. A minor correction to that description should be noted: we previously described the macula present in O. magniguttis as “large pale macula extending to the vertex, rounded”, but it appears this species’ macula is rectangular, mostly covering the area between the eyes.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487DA8D7CFFC03B89FC0FFE1DF937	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski;Prado, Laura Rocha;Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Prado, Laura Rocha, Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2025): Oedionychina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, a Cerrado remnant. Zootaxa 5659 (1): 29-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2
03A487DA8D7CFFCF3B89F8EEFEEFFA29.text	03A487DA8D7CFFCF3B89F8EEFEEFFA29.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paranaita opima (Germar 1824)	<div><p>Paranaita opima (Germar, 1824)</p><p>(Figs 2B, 4B, 5F, 6F, 7C, 8C, 9C)</p><p>Haltica opima Germar 1824: 608 (type locality, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). Blackwelder 1945: 711; Scherer 1962: 535 ( Oedionychus opimus). Bechyně 1955a: 215; Bechyně 1955b: 26; Bechyně 1957: 27; Bechyně &amp; Bechyně 1971: 335; Duckett &amp; Kjer 2003: 122.</p><p>Length: 8.02 mm, based on one male.</p><p>Head: oval, base of vertex bearing two darker maculae, area just above antennal calli with single triangular dark macula. Width of head greater than height in frontal view. Interocular space nearly three times width of eye. Height of eye less than twice its width. Interantennal space flat, not projected beyond antennal bulbus. Vertex covered in small punctures. Antennal calli trapezoid, supracallinal sulcus and midfrontal sulcus well-marked. Anterofrontal ridge short, narrow, forming two converging ridges is frontal view, gradually towards labrum, making more than 90- degree angle between frons and labrum. Gena bearing many short setae. Labrum sub oval with small, curved recess in margin, with four horizontal evenly spaced setae. Antennae: filiform, with 11 antennomeres. Antennomere I as long as II and III combined. Antennomeres I–III yellow, same color as the head, antennomeres IV–XI dark brown.</p><p>Prothorax: yellow, side margins of pronotum widely explanate, anterior angle of the pronotum extending beyond the head insertion, posterior angle of pronotum acuminate, pointed outwards. Anterolateral callosity short, truncated, pointed outwards, thin in lateral view. Pronotum covered in coarse punctuations. Three dark maculae in pronotum, much lighter than the maculae of head. Anterior pronotal margin convex and posterior pronotal margin nearly parallel in dorsal view. Prosternum with the same color as the pronotum, flat, inner margin of prosternal process explanate, rounded. Metathorax and mesothorax: yellow, mesothorax short, metathorax rectangular with metathoracic suture visible. Fine setae present throughout. Elytra: opaque, epipleura widely explanate, bent upwards except for the distal apex of elytra. Covered with course confused punctuation. Elytral integument yellow, lacking any maculae. Scutellum dark yellow. Legs: yellow, pro- and mesothoracic tibiae similar, lacking spurs. Metafemur wide, nearly as wide as the length of metatibia, somewhat triangular with concave outer margin. Metatibia with wide distal recess and short denticle medially near apex, tibial spur robust and curved. Distal metatarsomere strongly globose.</p><p>Abdomen: yellow, five segments segments. Fine setae present throughout. Abdominal process between metacoxae narrow, relatively long. Aedeagus, median lobe (7C, 8C, 9C): dorsal process wide at apex. Apical hood retracted exposing complex structures on the dorsal face. Short, total length slightly longer than three times the length of the exposed apical portion. Oblique dorsal process divergent, apex of median lobe appearing to be emarginated, with two lateral symmetrical acuminate portions and one central blunt have three points. Basal hooks acute, slightly elongated.</p><p>Studied specimen: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, próximo ao reservatório – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Trilha da Mangueira</a> -16,555119 -49,172473 | 18.i.2023 - 16.ii.2023 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♂ (ZUFG) .</p><p>Distribution: Brazil – states of Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo; Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay.</p><p>Remarks: This is a well-known species of Paranaita Bechyně, 1955, widespread in Brazil. It is notable for displaying variations of elytral coloration ranging from orange to yellow, and has been recorded for the state of Minas Gerais, which also contains Cerrado environments (Vieira et al. 2022). P. opima is also known for the states of Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo (Bechyně &amp; Bechyně 1971).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487DA8D7CFFCF3B89F8EEFEEFFA29	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski;Prado, Laura Rocha;Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Prado, Laura Rocha, Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2025): Oedionychina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, a Cerrado remnant. Zootaxa 5659 (1): 29-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2
03A487DA8D73FFCA3B89F9DAFD37FB95.text	03A487DA8D73FFCA3B89F9DAFD37FB95.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Walterianella marae Begha & Prado & Oliveira 2025	<div><p>Walterianella marae Begha &amp; Prado sp. nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act: E28381DF-172D-4CAB-8D1D-117E900B1D48</p><p>(Figs 2C, 4C, 5G, 6G, 10C)</p><p>Length: 5.18–5.53 mm, based on four females.</p><p>Head: oval, vertex area dark brown. Interocular space slightly wider than width of the eye. Height of eye slightly longer than width to 1,5 times its width. Width of head subequal to height in frontal view. Interantennal space projected slightly beyond antennal bulbus. Labrum with small, curved recess in the median portion, with four horizontal evenly spaced setae. Vertex smooth. Antennal calli trapezoid, not reaching the margin of the eye, sides of the antennal cali nearly inconspicuous, except for the well-marked midfrontal sulcus. Anterofrontal ridge gradually sloping towards labrum, making more than 90-degree angle between frons and labrum. Gena with few, very short setae. Labrum rounded, with four horizontally evenly spaced setae Antennae: filiform, with 11 antennomeres. Antennomere I shorter than II and III combined. Antennomeres I–IV dark yellow, antennomeres V–XI dark brown.</p><p>Prothorax: yellow, with a dark brown macula, side margins of pronotum widely explanate, anterior angle of the pronotum extending beyond the head insertion, posterior angle of pronotum slightly pointed outwards. Anterolateral callosity short, truncated, pointing outwards, thin in lateral view. Pronotal margin convex. Prosternum with the same color as the pronotum, anterior and inner margin of prosternum emarginate. Lacking prosternal keel. Metathorax and mesothorax: dark brown, mesothorax short, metathorax rectangular with metathoracic suture visible. Fine setae present throughout. Elytra: explanate, epipleura bent upwards except for the distal third of elytra. Covered with confused punctuation. Elytral integument yellow, proximal third and distal third regions mostly covered by dark brown maculae. The dark brown maculae that almost entirely cover the proximal third region of the elytra have a distinct lobed aspect in their distal margins. Scutellum dark brown. Legs: yellow, pro and mesothoracic legs similar, lacking tibial spurs. Metafemur wide, nearly as wide as the length of metatibia, somewhat triangular. Metatibia with wide distal recess and blunt tooth like process, tibial spur robust and curved. Distal metatarsomere strongly globose, dark brown.</p><p>Abdomen: dark brown, five visible segments. Fine setae present throughout. Abdominal process between metacoxae narrow. Spermatheca (10C): receptacle and pump clearly distinguishable from each other. Apex of receptacle wider than the base, reniform. Pump convex, acuminate, less sclerotized than receptacle. Spermathecal duct long, with three coils.</p><p>Holotype material: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, próximo ao reservatório – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Trilha da Mangueira</a> | -16.555119 -49.172473 | 08.ix.2022 - 05.x.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♀ (MZSP).</p><p>Paratype material: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, próximo ao reservatório – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Trilha da Mangueira</a> | -16.555119 -49.172473 | 08.ix.2022 - 05.x.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. 2♀ (ZUFG); (Same label as previous) ♀ (MZSP) .</p><p>Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym honoring Dr. Mara Cristina de Almeida (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa - UEPG), for her valuable contributions to the cytogenetics of Coleoptera, which led to our initial taxonomic studies of Brazilian oedionychines.</p><p>Distribution: Brazil – state of Goiás.</p><p>Remarks: The general morphology is like other species in Walterianella, in particular the narrow interocular space and large eyes. This species does lack the prosternal keel and the anterofrontal ridge gradually sloping towards labrum, pointed out by Konstantinov et al. (2022) as a diagnostic character for the Walterianella in the neotropics. When compared to the spermatheca of W. interruptovittata (Jacoby, 1905) (Fig. 10F), dissected in Konstantinov et al. (2022), the receptacle of W. marae sp. nov. (Fig. 10C) is comparatively thicker and curved in a crescent shape, while the former is elongated, slender and mostly straight. For the time being, we chose to keep this species in Walterianella for the general similarities to its congenerics, such as the general shape of the head, with width being subequal to height, and narrow interocular space.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487DA8D73FFCA3B89F9DAFD37FB95	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski;Prado, Laura Rocha;Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Prado, Laura Rocha, Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2025): Oedionychina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, a Cerrado remnant. Zootaxa 5659 (1): 29-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2
03A487DA8D76FFD63B89FB0BFB17FD4D.text	03A487DA8D76FFD63B89FB0BFB17FD4D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Walterianella tapuiae Begha & Prado & Oliveira 2025	<div><p>Walterianella tapuiae Begha &amp; Prado sp. nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act: 9E501FB3-6013-4A85-B4A9-9134AE2D276C</p><p>(Figs 2D, 4D, 3H, 6H, 7D, 8D, 9D, 10D)</p><p>Length: 3.71–4.08 mm, based on two males and two females.</p><p>Head: oval. Interocular space slightly wider width of eye. Height of eye slightly longer than to 1,5 times its width. Width of head subequal to height in frontal view. Interantennal space projected slightly beyond antennal bulbus. Vertex smooth, a group of punctures near the superior margin of eyes. Antennal calli trapezoid, supracallinal sulcus and midfrontal sulcus well-marked. Supracallinal sulcus nearly reaching the margin of the eye. Anterofrontal ridge gradually sloping towards labrum, making more than 90-degree angle between frons and labrum. Gena with few, very short setae. Labrum rounded, with four horizontal evenly spaced setae. Antennae: filiform, with 11 antennomeres. Antennomere I shorter as II and III combined. Antennomeres I–III dark yellow, antennomeres IV–XI dark brown.</p><p>Prothorax: yellow, sides margins of pronotum widely explanate, anterior angle of the pronotum extending beyond the head insertion, posterior angle of pronotum slightly pointed outwards. Anterolateral callosity short, truncated, pointing outwards, thin in lateral view. Pronotal margin strongly convex. Prosternum with the same color as the pronotum, anterior and inner margin of prosternum emarginated, prosternal process subrectangular. Lacking prosternal keel. Metathorax and mesothorax: yellow, mesothorax short, metathorax rectangular with metathoracic suture visible. Fine setae present throughout. Elytra: semi-translucent, epipleura explanate, bent upwards except for the distal third of elytra. Covered with confused punctuation. Elytral integument yellow, lacking any maculae. Scutellum yellow. Legs: yellow, pro- and mesothoracic tibiae similar, lacking spurs. Metafemur wide, nearly as wide as long, somewhat triangular. Metatibia with distal recess and sharp denticle medially near apex, tibial spur slender. Distal metatarsomere strongly globose.</p><p>Abdomen: yellow, five visible segments. Fine setae present throughout.Abdominal process between metacoxae narrow. Aedeagus, median lobe: apical hood reduced exposing complex structures on the dorsal face. Long and laterally slender, total length about four times the length of the exposed apical portion. Dorsal median process and oblique dorsal process forming an elongated trident shape. Spermatheca: receptacle and pump distinguishable from each other. Receptacle reniform. Pump convex, acuminate, less sclerotized than receptacle. Spermathecal duct long, coiled.</p><p>Holotype material: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, próximo ao reservatório – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Trilha da Mangueira</a> -16,555119 -49,172473 | 18.i.2023 - 16.ii.2023 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♀ ♂ (MZSP).</p><p>Paratype material: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, próximo ao reservatório – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Trilha da Mangueira</a> -16.555119 -49.172473 | 18.i.2023 - 16.ii.2023 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♂ (MZSP); (Same location as previous) 08.ix.2022 - 05.x.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. ♀ (ZUFG) .</p><p>Additional material: BRAZIL, GO, Goianápolis <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Parque Altamiro de Moura Pacheco-PEAMP</a> | Malaise Mata, próximo ao reservatório – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.172474&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.555119" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.172474/lat -16.555119)">Trilha da Mangueira</a> | -16.555119 -49.172473 | 05.viii.2022 - 08ix.2022 | Cols. Oliveira, S.S. &amp; Lopes, W.R. (ZUFG). This specimen was a host of Erithraeidae mites, this record of ectoparasitism is described in Begha et al. (in preparation) .</p><p>Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym, derived from the Tapuio indigenous people of Brazil, who originated from the forced concentration and subsequent miscegenation of different native cultures (Xavante, Caiapó do Sul, Xerente, Karajá, Javaé) and enslaved individuals in the Carretão village in the Cerrado instituted by the Portuguese Crown in the then colony of Brazil in the late 18th Century. It has been latinized in the feminine form to agree with the generic combination.</p><p>Distribution: Brazil – state of Goiás.</p><p>Remarks: We compared this species to specimens studied by Konstantinov et al. 2022 and Van Roie et al. 2023 and identified it as a Walterianella sharing the following characters: straight supracallinal sulcus reaching the margins of the eyes and then curving upwards, anterofrontal ridge gradually sloping towards labrum, making more than 90-degree angle between frons and labrum, large eyes, similar width of interocular space (Konstantinov et al. 2022; Roie et al. 2023). When compared to W. interruptovittata (Fig. 10F) and W. marae sp. nov. (Fig. 10C), the spermatheca of W. interruptovittata is much slenderer, and the spermatheca of W. tapuiae sp. nov. (Fig. 10C) is similar to W. marae, but its pump points downwards and the base of the receptacle is narrower than the apex. As this species lacks the prosternal keel pointed out by Konstantinov et al. (2022) as a diagnostic character for the Walterianella, we are still unsure how this character appears in other species in the Cerrado.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487DA8D76FFD63B89FB0BFB17FD4D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski;Prado, Laura Rocha;Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira	Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Prado, Laura Rocha, Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2025): Oedionychina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco, a Cerrado remnant. Zootaxa 5659 (1): 29-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.2
