Helioscopa Gistel, 1848

Agrain, Federico A., Chamorro, Maria Lourdes, Cabrera, Nora, Sassi, Davide & Roig-Junent, Sergio, 2017, A comprehensive guide to the Argentinian case-bearer beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Camptosomata), ZooKeys 677, pp. 11-88 : 18

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.677.10778

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scientific name

Helioscopa Gistel, 1848
status

 

Helioscopa Gistel, 1848 Fig. 9

Helioscopa Gistel: 1848: 123, Monrós and Bechyné 1956: 1122.

= Acidalia Chevrolat, 1836

= Tellena Lacordaire, 1848

= Tellenina Monrós, 1953a.

Type species.

Clythra varians Sahlberg, 1823. By monotypy.

Diagnosis.

body elongate, brilliant metallic, uniform green/blue coloration; and bifid tarsal claws. Also, antennae serrated from IV antennomere; pronotal margin slightly marginate; scutellum long, triangular, with round apex; legs long, with long tarsi, last tarsomere surpassing ½ the lobes of tarsomere III.

Distribution.

Southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Only two subspecies of this genus have been cited in Argentina.

Argentinian species checklist.

1a. Helioscopa varians varians (Sahlberg, 1823) (MNS).

= Clythra varians Sahlberg, 1823.

= Tellena varians Lacordaire, 1848.

1b. Helioscopa varians angusticollis (Jacoby, 1897) (CHA, COR, JUY, MNS, SEO, TUC). Host plant: Boraginaceae : Cordia salviflora , Argentina / Monrós, (1953a).

= Tellena angusticollis Jacoby, 1897.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae