Oncochelyna OPITZ , 2017a

Opitz, Weston, 2019, ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 127-170 : 154

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3762392
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804596
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scientific name	Oncochelyna OPITZ , 2017a
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Genus Oncochelyna OPITZ, 2017a

Type species: Exochonotus barrigai SOLERVICENS 2004: 32. By original designation.

Diagnosis:Specimensof Oncochelyna superficially resemble those of Macilentus OPITZ, from which they differ by having securiform maxillary and labial terminal palpi; Macilentus terminal palpi are subsecuriform.

Description: This genus was adequately described and illustrated by OPITZ (2017: 72). Additional characteristics are: Pronotal sides reticulated, epipleuron with angle ( OPITZ 2017: 89), epipleural margin serrulate, and elytral posterior slope acute.