Monophylla cinctipennis (Chevrolat, 1874)

Burke, Alan & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2017, A taxonomic revision of the subfamily Tillinae Leach sensu lato (Coleoptera, Cleridae) in the New World, ZooKeys 179, pp. 75-157 : 129

Monophylla cinctipennis (Chevrolat, 1874)

Synonyms.

Macrotelus cinctipennis Chevrolat, 1874, Rev. et Mag. Zool., p. 281.

Type locality.

Cuba (no locality was specified). Type depository: Instituto Cubano de Zoología, Museo D. Gundlach (acronym unknown).

Distribution.

Cuba.

Description. [The original description given by Chevrolat (1874) is given below.]Color and shape: Head black, elongate, prothorax, femora (knees fourth ahtica), elytra in the suture and on the margin yellow; densely [punctate], striped [striae] elongate; eyes and antennae black; head rounded, [frons] between the eyes convex, furrow [setae] thin; prothorax scarcely longer than broad, widening; form semicylindrical, truncate; [on] hind [area] slightly rounded, long, arching, trifossulato??; scutellum punctiform brown; elytra elongate, parallel, rounded, posteriorly, the legs black. Antennae eleven articulate [composed of 11 antennomeres], first [antennomere] elongate, striped, second [antennomere] short, third [antennomere] the length of the first, a little less than fourth [antennomere], fifth [antennomere] conical, 6-10 [antennomeres] robust, short, last [antennomere 11] long, cylindrical, spongiose??

Remarks.

Wolcott (1910), in his notes from Chevrolat’s description of Macrotelus cinctipennis , mentioned the rarity of the species; he further indicated that this species was unknown to him and he had not encountered it.