Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant, 1850

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael & Toledo-Hernández, Víctor Hugo, 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of the dentipes group of the genus Brachiacantha (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 4701 (6), pp. 537-552 : 550-551

Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant

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Brachyacantha subfasciata Mulsant 1850:527 . Crotch 1874:211. Gorham 1894:187. Leng 1911:302. Leng 1920:212. Korschefsky 1931:207.

Brachiacantha subfasciata: Gordon 1985:574 .

Type material: Not examined.

Material examined: HONDURAS: “ Lago de Yojoa , 01-VI-1961, N. L. H. Krauss ” ( USNMNH) (1♂) . MEX- ICO: CAMPECHE: “ Bolonchén de Rejón , 15-VI-1985, col. M. Vertiz ” ( CNIN) (1♀) DURANGO: “ Vicente Guer- rero, 104, CIIDIR IPN, Hyperaspis festiva det. S. Zaragoza ” ( CNIN) (1♂) . MEXICO STATE: “km 21 carr. Valle de Bravo-Temascaltepec , 01-VIII-1962, col. Balderas y Ortiz, cat. 0966” ( CEAM) (1♂) ; “ San Agustín, Villa Victoria , 30-VI-1962, col. Balderas y Ortiz, cat. 0965, det. A. Marín 1984 Brachiacantha ” ( CEAM) (1♂) . GUANAJUATO: “ Celaya , 20° 28’ 30.25’’ N, 100° 43’ 30.11’’ O, 1754 msnm, 01-VII-1986, col. A. Marín J., s/hierba, det. A. Marín 1986” ( CEBAJ) (1♀, 2♂) ; “ Celaya, Roque , 20° 34’ 37.04’’ N, 100° 50’ 13.61’’ O, 1754 msnm, 13-VIII-1965, col. H. Velasco, s/hierbas, det. A. Marín J. 1984” ( CEBAJ) (2♂) ; same locality, “ 20° 34’ 43.00’’ N, 100° 50’ 12.53’’ O, 1754 msnm, 9-XII-1964, col. D. Pérez, s/girasol, det. A. Marín J. 1984” ( CEBAJ) (2♀, 1♂) ; same locality, no coordinates, “ 4-XII-1964, col. H. Velasco, s/plantas silvestres” ( CEBAJ) (1♀) ; same locality, “ 20° 35’ 05.77’’ N, 100° 49’ 58.13’’ O, 1754 msnm, 11-XII-1964, col. H. Velasco, s/alfalfa, det. A. Marín J. 1984” ( CEBAJ) (1♂) ; “ Cortázar, Parras , 20° 29’ 29.37’’ N, 100° 59’ 16.30’’ O, 16-VIII-1976, col. G. Díaz, s/alfalfa” ( CEBAJ) (1♂) ; “ Irapuato , 20° 36’ 54.57’’ N, 101° 18’ 36.30’’ O, 1725 msnm, 4-V-1988, col. A. Marín J., s/maleza, det. A. Marín 1988” ( CEBAJ) (1♀, 1♂) ; MORELOS: “ Cuernavaca, Chamilpa , 1845 msnm, 26-VI-1990, col. A. Trejo L.” ( CEBAJ) (1♀) . NUEVO LEON: “ 5 mi S Monterrey , 09-VII-1963, A. T. Howden” ( USNMNH) (1♂) ; “ Km. 36 carr. Monte Morelos-La Chiva , 20-XI- 1985, col. L. Cervantes ” ( CNIN) (2♂) ; “ Apodaca , 27-VII-1963, A. Howden ” ( USNMNH) (1♂) ; “Umg Monterrey , 600 msnm, 27-XII-1966, G. Frey, Frey Tutzing Museum” ( USNMNH) (1♂) . SONORA: “ 14 mi N Moctezuma , 25-IX-1980, Robert Gordon” ( USNMNH) (1♂) ; same data, no date ( USNMNH) (1♂) . TAMAULIPAS: “ Gomes Farías , 1000’, 08-V-1994, J. E. Wappes ” ( USNMNH) (1♀) . VERACRUZ: “legg. Eppins, Museum Frey Tutzing , 1962-63 ” ( MNMH) (1♀) . YUCATAN: “Valladolid, Km. 200 carr. X-Can, 26-VI-1985, col. L. Cervantes ” ( CNIN) (1♀) .

Distribution: From the United States of America to Honduras.

Hosts: This species has been collected on sunflower ( Helianthus sp.) and alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Brachiacantha subfasciata, male, third ventrite.