Androlyperus Crotch, 1873

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 : 28-29

Genus Androlyperus Crotch, 1873

Androlyperus Crotch, 1873: 55 (type species Androlyperus fulvus Crotch, 1873 , by monotypy). Malacamerus Wilcox, 1951: 93 (type species Androlyperus maculatus LeConte , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus includes six described species. They occur in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. See Figs 128 and 232 for a habitus illustration and morphological details. See Clark (2001) for a key to species. In contrast to the male modification of some species of Malacorhinus , the male modification in Androlyperus is at the apicolateral angle of the elytron, rather than near the mid-length of the elytron.

Figures

Figs 127–135. Dorsal views. 127. Scelida nigricornis (Jacoby, 1888). 128. Androlyperus incisus Schaeffer, 1906. 129. Inbioluperus flowersi Clark, 1993. 130. Scelolyperus cyanellus (LeConte, 1865). 131. Lygistus streptophallus Wilcox, 1965. 132. Phyllobrotica limbata (Fabricius, 1801). 133. Microscelida viridipennis Clark, 1998. 134. Phyllobrotica sororia Horn, 1896. 135. Scelidacne andrewi Clark, 1998.

Figs 229–232. 229. Platynocera murina Blanchard, 1846, lateral view, showing clubbed antenna and tuberculate elytron. 230. Cochabamba chrysopleura (Harold), 1875, lateral view, showing silky golden setae on metathorax. 231. Deinocladus sp., anterior portion of body, dorsal view, showing subequal lengths of second and third antennomeres. 232. Androlyperus incisus Schaeffer, 1906, lateral view, showing elytral modification.