Metrobrotica Bechyné, 1958

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Genus Metrobrotica Bechyné, 1958

Metrobrotica Bechyné, 1958: 596 (type species Cerotoma geometrica Erichson, 1847 , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus contains a single described species, M. geometrica (Erichson, 1847) from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. See Figs 94 , 162, 163 , 193 , and 212.

Figures

Figs 91–99. Dorsal views. 91. Aristobrotica allardi (Jacoby, 1887). 92. Hyperbrotica ebraea (Fabricius, 1787). 93. Hystiopsis beniensis Blake, 1966. 94. Metrobrotica geometrica (Erichson, 1847). 95. Rachicephala vittatipennis (Jacoby, 1887). 96. Neobrotica variabilis Jacoby, 1887. 97. Cerotoma arcuata (Olivier, 1791). 98. Potamobrotica trifasciata Blake, 1966, holotype. 99. Eucerotoma sp.

Figs158–163.Heads,anteriorviews.158.Gynandrobroticaventricosa(Jacoby,1878),♂.159.G.ventricosa, ♀. 160. Gynandrobrotica nigrofasciata (Jacoby, 1878), ♂. 161. Elyces?quadrimaculatus Jacoby, 1888. 162. Metrobrotica geometrica (Erichson, 1847), ♂. 163. M. geometrica, ♀.

Figs 189–194. Anterior portions of bodies. 189. Pyesexora sp., dorsal view. 190. Cochabamba chrysopleura (Harold, 1875), dorsal view. 191. Anisobrotica sp., dorsal view. 192. Megarhabda sp., dorsal view. 193. Metrobrotica geometrica (Erichson, 1847), lateral view showing absence of lateral pronotal carina. 194. Cyclotrypema furcata (Olivier, 1308), lateral view showing absence of lateral pronotal carina.