Alurnus batesii Baly, 1864

Rendón-Ramírez, Alejandra, Vergara-Navarro, Erika Valentina & Quiroz-Gamboa, John Alveiro, 2024, The genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Alurnini) in Colombia with four new species records and an updated checklist in the country, Zootaxa 5551 (1), pp. 116-130 : 119

* Alurnus batesii Baly, 1864

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Alurnus batesii triangularis Jacobson, 1899

Diagnosis. Antennal scape transverse, longer than pedicel. Vertex of head punctate, without sulcus. Front and clypeus punctate. Pronotum, with anterior angle projected in an obtuse tooth. Elytra yellow with a black spot under scutellum and one spot on each elytron on the middle region, in some cases with a black spot on humeral calli ( Staines 2013).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Caquetá, San José del Fragua, Vereda La Esmeralda, Alto del Río Yurayaco , 1250m, hand collecting, primary forest, 13.ix.2000. Coll. E. González, (1ex.) [IAvH-E] .

Measurements: 25mm

Plant associations. None found.

Distribution. Alurnus batesii is a new record for Colombia. Previously recorded for Brazil, Peru and Ecuador ( Staines 2013, 2015).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Dorsal view Alurnus species from Colombia. 1. Alurnus batesii Baly, 1864. 2. Alurnus bicolor Staines, 2013. 3. Alurnus bipunctatus Olivier, 1792 (Photo taken of Staines, 2013). 4. Alurnus boucardi Rosenberg, 1898. 5. Alurnus chapuisi Uhmann and Jolivet, 1952. 6. Alurnus chocoensis Pardo-Locarno & Constantino, 2023 (Photo taken by Santiago Paredes, MUSENUV). Scale bars: 10 mm.