Scelida Chapuis, 1875
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.842.1945 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7222597 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D7772977-8703-8037-FDD4-36B16189571B |
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Felipe |
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Scelida Chapuis, 1875 |
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Genus Scelida Chapuis, 1875 View in CoL
Scelida Chapuis, 1875: 184 View in CoL (type species Scelida elegans Chapuis, 1875 , by monotypy).
Remarks
This genus contains eleven described species. Numerous undescribed species also belong here ( Clark 1987b). They occur from the southwestern United States to Panama. Most of them have appendiculate tarsal claws, but one species, S. metallica Jacoby, 1888 , has bifid claws. In some species, the males have curious appendages on the ventral side of the abdomen, but these are lacking in other species. See Clark (1987b) for a key to the species. See Fig. 127 View Figs 127–135 for a habitus illustration. As noted in the preceding discussion of Metacycla , the species Cneorane nigripes does not belong in Scelida , although it has been classified in this genus. Additionally, in recent classifications, Scelolyperus tenuimarginatus Bowditch, 1925 , has been included in Scelida . However, examination of the male holotype (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University) reveals that this species properly belongs in Mimastra Baly, 1865 as a comb. nov. Furthermore, we believe the specimen matches Mimastra semimarginata Jacoby, 1886 , a species occurring in Indonesia. Syntype photographs from the Genoa Museum support this (photographs shared by one of the reviewers). Thus, we synonymize these two names, syn. nov. The locality label “ Brasil ” for S. tenuimarginatus is probably in error.
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Galerucinae |
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Luperini |
Scelida Chapuis, 1875
Viswajyothi, Keezhpattillam & Clark, Shawn M. 2022 |
Scelida
Chapuis F. 1875: 184 |