Omophoita sesquilunata Klug 1829
Creators: name: Begha, Bruno Piotrovski
name: Anjos, Camila Alves Dos
name: Santos, Mateus Henrique
name: Prado, Laura Rocha
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Omophoita
Omophoita sesquilunata

description: Omophoita sesquilunata ab. latitarsis (Bechyné, 1955)
(Figs 7, 14, 21, 25)
References: Bechyné 1955a: 4. Refs.: Bechyné 1955b: 9; Bechyné 1956a:1039; Seeno et al. 1976: 32 (Homophoeta); Bechyné & Bechyné’s unpublished catalog: 298, as an aberrant for Omophoita sesquilunata (Klug 1829).
Type (Holotype): Omophoita latitarsis; Bechyné 1955a: 4. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Teresópolis. Collector: St̂cklein. Deposit institution: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland.
Length: 8,78–10,54 mm.
Head: black. Large pale macula extending to the vertex, rounded. Two pale maculae visible at the lower portion of the frons. Mouthparts: labrum with 10 setae. Antennae: black.
Prothorax: pronotum orangish. Metathorax and mesothorax: with the same color as the head. Elytra: elytral integument reddish. Six large rounded pale maculae visible; maculae equidistant, two in the proximal portion of the elytra, two in the median portion and two in the distal portion. Scutellum: triangular, posterior portion rounded.
Legs: black.
Abdomen: dark brown. Male Aedeagus Median lobe (Fig. 21): apical hood truncated. Ventral sclerite visible in dorsal view; longer than the sides of the median lobe, apex acuminated. Median dorsal process visible; proximal portion of the dorsal median process and apex with subequal width; two wide divergent projections at the apex, triangular-shaped. Dorsal lateral sclerites visible, subtrapezoid, poorly defined. Oblique dorsal process ventrally curved. Female Tignum. (Fig. 25): Base wider than the apex; hood-like structure in the median portion present (Fig. 4); median portion opaque; distal portion slender; apical margins divergent; truncate apex.
Specimens studied: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Sert „ozinho, Pereira & Medeiros, II.1966 (IB-SP); Paraná: Ponta Grossa, Camargo, I.1939 (MZUSP); Rio Negro (IB-SP); São Paulo: S„o Paulo, Dirings, X.1951 (MZUSP) Atibaia, Dirings ii.1961 1 ♁ (MZUSP); São Paulo, Guarulhos, Cocaia, No collector, 25.XII.1953 (MZUSP); São Paulo, Monte Alegre, L. Trav. F. & Almeida 14–27.X.1942 1 ♁ (MZUSP); Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Dirings II.1955 2 ♀ (MZUSP); Rio Grande do Sul: Marcelino Ramos, No collector, 15.XI.1940 (MZUSP); Santa Catarina:, Timbó, Dirings, XI.1956 (MZUSP).
Observed distribution in the Southern Brazil: Paraná (Rio Negro, Rolandia, Ponta Grossa), Rio Grande do Sul (Marcelino Ramos) and Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, S „o Bento do Sul, Timbó). (Fig. 34).
description: Published as part of Begha, Bruno Piotrovski, Anjos, Camila Alves Dos, Santos, Mateus Henrique & Prado, Laura Rocha, 2023, Checklist of Omophoita Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) and diagnoses for some species from southern Brazil: notes on the taxonomic history, redescriptions and new records, pp. 375-397 in Zootaxa 5357 (3) on page 388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10061420