Miraces Jacoby, 1888

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Genus Miraces Jacoby, 1888

Miraces Jacoby, 1888: 611 (type species Miraces aeneipennis Jacoby, 1888 , by monotypy).

Halticidea Horn, 1893: 61 (type species Halticidea delata Horn, 1893 , by subsequent designation of Wilcox 1965).

Remarks

This genus contains five described species. They are distributed from the southern United States through Guatemala, and in West Indies. Other species, apparently undescribed, occur throughout much of Latin America, including South America. See Fig. 18 for a habitus illustration. See Wilcox (1965) for a key to the species occurring in the United States.

Figures

Figs 10–18.Dorsal views. 10. Dircema?nigripenne (Fabricius, 1792).11. Neophaestussp.12. Derospidea brevicollis (LeConte, 1865). 13. Dicoelotrachelus sp. 14. Megarhabda sp. 15. Trirhabda nitidicollis LeConte, 1865. 16. Socorroita carinipennis (Bowditch, 1923). 17. Socorroita elvira Bechyné, 1956. 18. Miraces aeneipennis Jacoby, 1888.