Omophoita sesquilunata, Klug, 1829

Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Anjos, Camila Alves Dos, Santos, Mateus Henrique & Prado, Laura Rocha, 2023, Checklist of Omophoita Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) and diagnoses for some species from southern Brazil: notes on the taxonomic history, redescriptions and new records, Zootaxa 5357 (3), pp. 375-397 : 388

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Omophoita sesquilunata ab. latitarsis (Bechyné, 1955)

( Figs 7 View FIGURES 5–11 , 14 View FIGURES 12–18 , 21 View FIGURES 19–22 , 25 View FIGURES 23–28 )

References: Bechyné 1955a: 4. Refs.: Bechyné 1955b: 9; Bechyné 1956a:1039; Seeno et al. 1976: 32 ( Homophoeta ); Bechyné & Bechyné’s unpublished catalog: 298, as an aberrant for Omophoita sesquilunata (Klug 1829) .

Type (Holotype): Omophoita latitarsis ; Bechyné 1955a: 4. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Teresópolis. Collector: St̂cklein. Deposit institution: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland.

Length: 8,78–10,54 mm.

Head: black. Large pale macula extending to the vertex, rounded. Two pale maculae visible at the lower portion of the frons. Mouthparts: labrum with 10 setae. Antennae: black.

Prothorax: pronotum orangish. Metathorax and mesothorax: with the same color as the head. Elytra: elytral integument reddish. Six large rounded pale maculae visible; maculae equidistant, two in the proximal portion of the elytra, two in the median portion and two in the distal portion. Scutellum: triangular, posterior portion rounded.

Legs: black.

Abdomen: dark brown. Male Aedeagus Median lobe ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 19–22 ): apical hood truncated. Ventral sclerite visible in dorsal view; longer than the sides of the median lobe, apex acuminated. Median dorsal process visible; proximal portion of the dorsal median process and apex with subequal width; two wide divergent projections at the apex, triangular-shaped. Dorsal lateral sclerites visible, subtrapezoid, poorly defined. Oblique dorsal process ventrally curved. Female Tignum. ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 23–28 ): Base wider than the apex; hood-like structure in the median portion present ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 3–4 ); median portion opaque; distal portion slender; apical margins divergent; truncate apex.

Specimens studied: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Sert „ozinho, Pereira & Medeiros, II.1966 ( IB-SP); Paraná: Ponta Grossa, Camargo, I.1939 ( MZUSP); Rio Negro ( IB-SP); São Paulo: S„o Paulo, Dirings, X.1951 ( MZUSP) Atibaia , Dirings ii.1961 1 ♁ ( MZUSP); São Paulo , Guarulhos, Cocaia, No collector, 25.XII.1953 ( MZUSP); São Paulo, Monte Alegre, L. Trav. F. & Almeida 14–27.X.1942 1 ♁ ( MZUSP) ; Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Dirings II.1955 2 ♀ ( MZUSP) ; Rio Grande do Sul: Marcelino Ramos, No collector, 15.XI.1940 ( MZUSP) ; Santa Catarina:, Timbó, Dirings, XI.1956 ( MZUSP) .

Observed distribution in the Southern Brazil: Paraná ( Rio Negro , Rolandia, Ponta Grossa), Rio Grande do Sul (Marcelino Ramos) and Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, S „o Bento do Sul, Timbó). ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 29–35 ) .