Brachiacantha indubitabilis Crotch, 1873

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael, Toledo-Hernandez, Victor Hugo, Solis, Angel, Gonzalez, Guillermo & Vetrovec, Jaroslav, 2021, The Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central America, ZooKeys 1024, pp. 157-196 : 157

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927
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scientific name	Brachiacantha indubitabilis Crotch
status

Treatment

Brachiacantha indubitabilis Crotch

Brachyacantha indubitabilis Crotch, 1873: 379. Casey 1899: 120. Leng 1911: 315. Korschefsky 1931: 205.

Hyperaspis triplicans Casey, 1924: 163. Korschefsky 1931: 198. Dobzhansky 1941: 11.

Hyperaspis triplicans microsticta Casey, 1924: 163. Korschefsky 1931: 192. Dobzhansky 1941: 11.

Brachiacantha indubitabilis Gordon, 1985: 596. Flores-Mejía and Salas-Araiza 2004: 14.

Material examined.

Costa Rica • 2♀, 6♂; Guanacaste Prov., 20 km N Liberia; 15 Jul 1989; David G. Furth leg. (USNMNH) . Guatemala • 1♂; Chicacao ; 07 Jul 1949; T. H. Farr leg. (USNMNH) .

Diagnosis.

Length 3.2-3.7 mm, width 2.5-2.8 mm. Dorsally black, pronotum with lateral and anterior margins yellow, orange, or red; each elytron with three orange or red spots, males and females without humeral spots. Males without ventral cusps. Penis guide of male genitalia asymmetrical.

Distribution.

United States of America and México. New record to Costa Rica and Guatemala.

Discussion.

This species shows a color pattern that is very common in species of the Brachiacantha dentipes group; however, it can be recognized because it lacks ventral cusps and lacks humeral spots in males.

References

Casey, TL, 1899. A revision of the American Coccinellidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7: 7 - 169

Dobzhansky, T, 1941. Beetles of the genus Hyperaspis inhabiting the United States. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection 101: 1 - 94

Flores-Mejia, S, Salas-Araiza, MD, 2004. Coccinelidos (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) del Estado de Guanajuato en la Coleccion Leopoldo Tinoco Corona de la Universidad de Guanajauto. Acta Universitaria 14 (2): 8 - 16, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2004.233

Korschefsky, R, 1931. Coccinellidae I. Coleopterorum Catalogus. Part 118. W. Junk, Berlin

Leng, CW, 1911. The species of Brachyacantha of North and South America. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 30: 279 - 333