Alurnus salvini Baly 1885

Rendón-Ramírez, Alejandra, Vergara-Navarro, Erika Valentina & Quiroz-Gamboa, John Alveiro, 2024, The genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Alurnini) in Colombia with four new species records and an updated checklist in the country, Zootaxa 5551 (1), pp. 116-130 : 125

Alurnus salvini Baly 1885

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Alurnus salvini fallax Jacobson, 1899

Alurnus salvini panamensis Pic, 1922

Diagnosis. Antennal scape s ubglobose, twice as long as pedicel. Vertex and front of head rugose or punctate; with medial sulcus and two lateral sulci; ocular sulcus present. Elytron yellow with black spots on apical quarter, humeral calli, the first third of the elytra and a transverse middle line.

Plant associations: Chamaedorea sp. ( Arecaceae ) and Bactris gasipaes Kunth ( Arecaceae )—peach palm ( Staines 2013).

Distribution: Colombia (without specific locality), Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela ( Staines 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 11–15. Dorsal view Alurnus species from Colombia. 11. Alurnus lansbergei Sallé, 1849 (Photo taken of Staines, 2013). 12. Alurnus orbignyi Guérin-Méneville, 1840. 13. Alurnus ornatus Baly, 1869 (Photo taken of Staines, 2013). 14. Alurnus salvini Baly 1885 (Photo taken of Staines, 2013). 15. Alurnus undatus Brême, 1844. Scale bars: 10 mm.