Omophoita elytralis ( Bechyné, 1956 ) Begha & Santos & Prado, 2023

Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Santos, Mateus Henrique & Prado, Laura Rocha, 2023, Elevating Omophoita octoguttata elytralis Bechyné, 1956 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) to species, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-5 : 2

Omophoita elytralis ( Bechyné, 1956) stat. nov. ( Figs. 1-3 )

Omophoita octoguttata elytralis Bechyné, 1956: 1039 .

Diagnosis: Body shape oval. Pronotum orange. Elytral integument yellow, lacking discernible maculae, edges of the elytral black. Head black, with three pale yellow to light brown maculae: one covering most of the vertex and the antennal calli, and two covering the lateral portions of the frontoclypeal region. Ventral area of mesothorax, metathorax, and legs black and covered with fine pale hairs.

Figures

Figure 1. Omophoita elytralis (Bechyné,1956),♂ habitus.(A) Dorsal view.(B)Ventral view.(C) Lateral view.

Figure 2. Omophoita elytralis(Bechyné,1956).General structure of the genitalia.(A) General structure of the male median lobe.(B) General structure of the female tignum and vaginal palpus. Abbreviations: apical hood (APH); basal portion of the tignum (BPT); distal portion of the tignum (DPT); dorsal median process (DMP); hood-like structure (HDL); lateral dorsal sclerite (LDS); oblique dorsal process (ODP); projections of the dorsal median process (PDM); ventral sclerite (VNS).

Figure 3. Comparisonbetween the male medianlobe of Omophoitaoctoguttata (Fabricius,1775) (A) and O.elytralis (Bechyné,1956) (B).Abbreviations:apical hood (APH);dorsal median process (DMP); lateral dorsal sclerite (LDS);oblique dorsalprocess (ODP); projectionsof the dorsal median process(PDM); ventral sclerite (VNS).