Paratrikona turrifera ( Boheman, 1854 )

Simões, Marianna V. P., 2017, Revision of the Greater Antilles genus Paratrikona Spaeth, 1923 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Dorynotini), Zootaxa 4238 (3), pp. 417-425 : 424

Paratrikona turrifera ( Boheman, 1854)

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Batonota turrifera Boheman, 1854: 171 (type locality: ‘ St. Domingo’ , Dominican Republic)

Type specimen. Batonota turrifera , lectotype, pinned: ‘ St. Domin | go [hw, sl] || Mhm [hw, sl] || Type [p, sl] || LECTOTYPE | des. L. Borowiec [r, cb, p, bb]’ ( NRS) .

Additional specimen examined (1). CUBA: Cayana : XI.1941, Relle v. lgt . (1 spec., MMUE). Diagnosis. Paratrikona turrifera is unique and conspicuously characterized by presenting body in quadrangular shape on dorsal view, elytra coarsely punctate, puncturation fovea-like as wide as, or wider than intervals, postscutellar tuberculum high and conical and lateral margin slightly wider proximally to humeral callus. Distribution . Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) ( Boheman, 1854). New country record for Cuba (Cayamas).

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 24. Paratrikona turrifera (Boheman, 1854), lectotype: 22, dorsal view; 23, lateral view; 24, labels; 25 – 27, Paratrikona turritella Blake, 1937, holotype: 25, dorsal view; 26, lateral view, 27, labels; 28 – 30, Paratrikona variegata Blake, 1939, paratype: 28, dorsal view; 29, lateral view; 30, labels.