Texiluperus, Viswajyothi & Clark, 2022

Viswajyothi, Keezhpattillam & Clark, Shawn M., 2022, New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 842, pp. 1-102 : 34

Genus Texiluperus gen. nov.

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Type species

Luperodes spretus Horn, 1893 , by present designation.

Diagnosis

The antennae of this genus are unusual among the Scelidites, the third antennomere being fully twice as long as the second. See the following key for additional diagnostic characters.

Etymology

The name ‘ Texiluperus ’ suggests that the genus occurs in Texas, which is the case for both described species. The name should be treated as a male noun.

Remarks

This genus includes two putative species, both of which were originally named in Luperodes and most recently placed in Pseudoluperus : T. spretus ( Horn, 1893) comb. nov. and T. texanus ( Horn, 1893) comb. nov. Future study might show that they are mere color forms of a single variable species. See Wilcox (1965) for a key that includes the two putative species (as part of Pseudoluperus ).