Astylus vittaticollis ( Blanchard, 1843 )

Estrada, Patricia, 2020, Contributions to the knowledge of southern South American species of Astylus Laporte, 1836 (Coleoptera: Melyridae). Re-describing Astylus vittaticollis (Blanchard, 1843) and A. patagonicus (Blanchard, 1843), Zootaxa 4845 (1), pp. 119-126 : 120

Astylus vittaticollis ( Blanchard, 1843)

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Dasytes vittaticollis Blanchard, 1843:98 ; Gemminger & Harold 1869:1718 ( Astylus ); Bruch 1915:251 ( Astylus ); Champion 1918:356 ( Astylus ; Pic 1919b:4; Pic 1929:13 ( Astylus ); Blackwelder 1945:379 ( Astylus ); Estrada 2002:52 ( Astylus ). (Type locality: Chuquisaca).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Astylus vittaticollis. Male, a: Antenna; Terminal segments of abdomen: b: v: V ventrite, vi: VI ventrite and lt: last tergite; c: segment 9. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 2. Astylus vittaticollis. Male genitalia. Tegmen and parameres: a: dorsal view; p: parameres; b: ventral view; c: lateral view, ap: apodeme, Scale 1mm. Median lobe: d: dorsal view, pha: phallotreme; e: ventral view; f: lateral view. Scale 1 mm.