Brachiacantha truncata Nestor-Arriola & Toledo-Hernandez, 2017

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael, Toledo-Hernandez, Victor Hugo, Solis, Angel, Gonzalez, Guillermo & Vetrovec, Jaroslav, 2021, The Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central America, ZooKeys 1024, pp. 157-196 : 157

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1024.56927

publication LSID

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scientific name

Brachiacantha truncata Nestor-Arriola & Toledo-Hernandez
status

 

Brachiacantha truncata Nestor-Arriola & Toledo-Hernandez

Brachiacantha truncata Nestor-Arriola & Toledo-Hernández, 2017: 45.

Material examined.

Material listed in Nestor-Arriola and Toledo-Hernández (2017).

Diagnosis.

Length 3.2-5.3 mm, width 2.5-4.2 mm. Male with four spots on the elytron, females with three spots on the elytron. Males with a triangular, dull apex, cusp at each side of the middle line. Male genitalia with penis guide without apical hook, shorter than the parameres, oblique at apex, almost truncate.

Distribution.

México and Honduras.

Discussion.

The male genitalia with oblique apex and the ventral cusps with blunt apex are enough to distinguish the species from others in the group.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Brachiacantha

Loc

Brachiacantha truncata Nestor-Arriola & Toledo-Hernandez

Nestor-Arriola, Jorge Ismael, Toledo-Hernandez, Victor Hugo, Solis, Angel, Gonzalez, Guillermo & Vetrovec, Jaroslav 2021
2021
Loc

Brachiacantha truncata

Nestor-Arriola & Toledo-Hernandez 2017
2017