Menudos

Linzmeier, Adelita M. & Konstantinov, Alexander S., 2020, Moss inhabiting flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) of the West Indies II: Menudos, a new genus from Puerto Rico and description of methods to collect moss inhabiting flea beetles, Zootaxa 4786 (1), pp. 1-22 : 18

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B430B2FD-E221-4100-88C9-D824650D96E2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3866612

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/657887F9-C326-591F-FF5A-2CA17393F871

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Menudos
status

 

Key to Menudos species

1. Antennomeres 1 and 2 dark............................................................................. 2

- Antennomeres 1 and 2 whitish........................................................................... 4

2 (1). Female elytron unicolorous, dark brown through its entire length, with setae forming at least three bent, transverse bands, not counting yellow hair at the apex...................................................... M. barberi ( Blake, 1943b)

- Female elytron bicolorous, black or dark brown at the base and yellow or light brown at the apex, with setae forming two bent, transverse bands, not counting yellow hair at the apex........................................................ 3

3 (2). Golden yellow setae do not form distinct pattern on elytra............ M. illariosus Linzmeier & Konstantinov new species

- Golden yellow setae form distinct pattern on elytra................. M. chamorrae ( Konstantinov & Konstantinova, 2011)

4 (1). Antennomeres 1 and 2, 5 and 6, and 10 and 11 whitish. Antennomeres 3 and 4, 7–9 brown. Golden yellow elytral pubescence arranged with 5 abruptly bent transverse bands (first—basal, band reaches suture). Punctures sparser on pronotal protuberances than between them. Median lobe of aedeagus ventrally with lateral margins converging gradually towards apex.................................................................... M. toronegro Linzmeier & Konstantinov new species

- Antennomeres 1 to 6 and tip of antennomere 11 whitish. Antennomeres 7–10 brown. Golden yellow elytral pubescence arranged with 4 more or less straight transverse bands (first—basal, band the narrowest does not reach suture). Punctures as dense on pronotal protuberances than between them. Median lobe of aedeagus ventrally with lateral margins converging abruptly towards apex................................................. M. maricao Linzmeier & Konstantinov new species

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

SubFamily

Galerucinae

Tribe

Alticini

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