Pachyschelus, Solier, 1833
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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/584 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5397806 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A82487DD-FFAB-FFB8-98A6-49E8FC0D2264 |
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Tatiana |
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Pachyschelus |
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Key to US Pachyschelus View in CoL View at ENA
1 Elytra with patches of condensed setae; bicolored - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
1 9 Elytra glabrous or inconspicuously and uniformly setose; bicolored or uniformly black or blue - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
2 Pronotum cupreous and elytra blue; Texas, host: Bernardia sp - - - - - P. fisheri Vogt View in CoL
2 9 Pronotum black and elytra blue or reddish-purple - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
3 Elytra bright blue; widespread, host: Geranium spp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P. purpureus purpureus (Say) View in CoL
3 9 Elytra reddish-purple; Texas, host: Acalypha sp - - - - - - - P. purpureus uvaldei Knull View in CoL
4 Color uniformly black; widespread in eastern North America; hosts: Desmodium spp. , Lespedeza spp - - - - - - - - - - - - P. laevigatus (Say) View in CoL , P. confusus Wellso and Manley View in CoL
4 9 Color uniformly blue or elytra blue and pronotum black - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
5 Color uniformly blue; South Carolina to Florida; hosts: Desmodium View in CoL , Lespedeza View in CoL , Psoralea View in CoL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P. vogti View in CoL new species
5 9 Bicolored: head and pronotum black and elytra blue - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
6 Pronotum with lateral margins conspicuously shagreened and golden; Colorado and Arizona to México; host: Desmodium spp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P. secedens Waterhouse
6 9 Pronotum uniformly black, some specimens with bluish reflections, usually not or inconspicuously shagreened; North Dakota to Texas and eastward - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7
7 Head from above with sharply angulate inner margins to eyes and conspicuous medial depression; Florida and Georgia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P. schwarzi Kerremans
7 9 Head from above with eyes rounded and medially transverse; widespread in eastern North America; hosts: Apios View in CoL , Wisteria View in CoL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P. nicolayi Obenberger View in CoL
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