Urodera (Austrurodera) Moldenke, 1981

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 : 29-30

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scientific name

Urodera (Austrurodera) Moldenke, 1981
status

 

Urodera (Austrurodera) Moldenke, 1981

Urodera (Austrurodera) Moldenke 1981: 113.

Type species.

Urodera quadrisignata Lacordaire, 1848, designated by Moldenke (1981: 113).

Diagnosis.

Posterior margin of pronotum broadly expanded, forming distinct scutellar lobe usually bounded by acute angles; scutellum posteriad humeral callus, scutellum nearly as long as length of posterior lobe of pronotum; aedeagus with broad weakly-sclerotized dorsal medial flap.

Distribution.

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, and Venezuela.

Remarks.

Moldenke (1981) subdivided this subgenus into two groups. Argentinian species belong to type II group, which are characterized by having protibiae twice carinate on posterolateral surface; and antennomere IV 1/3 - 3/4 times width of V.

Argentinian species checklist.

1a. Urodera (Austrurodera) circumcincta circumcincta Lacordaire, 1848 (MNS, CTS, CHA, JUY).

1b. Urodera (Austrurodera) circumcincta circumducta Lacordaire, 1848 (MNS, CTS, CHA).

= Urodera circumducta Lacordaire, 1848

2. Urodera (Austrurodera) monrosi Moldenke, 1981 (MNS).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Urodera