Alurnus chocoensis Pardo-Locarno & Constantino, 2023

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 : 120-121

Alurnus chocoensis Pardo-Locarno & Constantino, 2023

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Diagnosis. Head red. Antennal scape and pedicel subequal in length; pedicel widened to the apex. Vertex of head striate and punctate, some punctures each with a pale seta. Front punctate, with yellowish setae. Labrum densely punctate. Pronotum glabrous, finely pubescent. Elytra intense or light red, surface punctate, humeral calli densely punctate ( Pardo-Locarno & Constantino, 2023).

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, Bajo Anchicayá, 400m, 25.ii.1993, Coll. N. Carrejo (1ex.) [MUSENUV-6392]. Buenaventura , Bajo Anchicayá , 400m, 3.i.1983. Coll. K.E. (1ex.) [MUSENUV-6390]. Buenaventura , La Cascada , 340m, 10.i.1992. Coll. N. Carrejo (2exs.) [MUSENUV-6385. MUSENUV-6387]. Buenaventura, Bajo Anchicayá, 3,601327 -76,858571, 14.iii.2023. Coll. S. Paredes-O & M. Hernández. [MUSENUV]

Measurements: n= 6. 29mm± 2mm

Plant associations. Bactris gasipaes Kunth ( Arecaceae )—peach palm ( Pardo-Locarno & Constantino, 2023).

Distribution. Colombia (Valle del Cauca).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Dorsal view Alurnus species from Colombia. 1. Alurnus batesii Baly, 1864. 2. Alurnus bicolor Staines, 2013. 3. Alurnus bipunctatus Olivier, 1792 (Photo taken of Staines, 2013). 4. Alurnus boucardi Rosenberg, 1898. 5. Alurnus chapuisi Uhmann and Jolivet, 1952. 6. Alurnus chocoensis Pardo-Locarno & Constantino, 2023 (Photo taken by Santiago Paredes, MUSENUV). Scale bars: 10 mm.