Alurnus chapuisi Uhmann & Jolivet, 1952

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 : 120

Alurnus chapuisi Uhmann & Jolivet, 1952

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Diagnosis. Antennal scape subglobose; pedicel transverse. Vertex of head rugose and punctate, without sulcus. Elytra with anterior margin black, each elytron with four or five yellow costae and black interspaces are finely punctate ( Staines 2013).

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia, Frontino, Corregimiento Murrí , 1317m, hand collecting, rotten trunk, i.1982. Coll. R. Bernal G., (1ex.) [MEFLG-6279] .

Measurements: 35mm

Plant associations. None found.

Distribution. Colombia (Antioquia) ( Staines 2013).

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.