Fulcidax Voet, 1806

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 : 55-57

Fulcidax Voet, 1806 Fig. 31

Fulcidax Voet 1806: 33; Jacoby 1880: 90; Monrós 1951c: 641; Blackwelder 1946: 650; Seeno and Wilcox 1982: 43; Chamorro-Lacayo and Konstantinov 2009: 76.

= Poropleura Lacordaire 1848: 863.

Type species.

Fulcidax azureus Voet, 1806 = Clytra monstrosa Fabricius, 1798, by monotypy.

Diagnosis.

This genus includes some of the larger and more charismatic species in the group (6.5-7.2 mm length). Body subquadrate and metallic, antenna serrate beyond antennomere III; the head with a longitudinally impressed vertex; elytral tubercles pronounced; posterior pronotal lobe with an acute notch; sutural serration of elytra well-developed beyond the middle of suture towards apex; ventrite I with lateral tubercles; fore- and midtibial apices with spine; tarsal claws simple. According to Chamorro-Lacayo and Konstantinov (2009), Fulcidax can be distinguished from all other genera of the tribe by the longitudinally impressed vertex of the head, simple tarsal claws, large body size, and usually bright metallic coloration.

Distribution.

From Mexico to Argentina, with seven species.

Remarks.

This is a small genus with only seven described species ( Monrós 1951c). Chamorro-Lacayo and Konstantinov (2009), mistakenly cited Fulcidax chimaera (Lacordaire) for Argentina, this is present in Goiaz state of Brazil.

Argentinian species checklist.

1. Fulcidax bacca (Kirby, 1818) (CTS, JUY, MNS, SAL, TUC). Host plants: Fabaceae : Acacia sp., Prosopis sp. ( Monrós 1951c); Malpighiaceae : Mascagnia cordifolia , Banisteria stellaris , Banisteria argyrophylla ( Bokermann 1963).