Carcinobaena Lacordaire 1848
Creators: name: Chamorro-Lacayo, Maria
name: Konstantinov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Carcinobaena

description: <i>Carcinobaena</i> Lacordaire (Figs. 1 C; 3 B; 4 B; 5 B) <i>Carcinobaena</i> Lacordaire, 1848: 647. Type species: <i>Chlamys pilula</i> Klug 1824, by monotypy; Clavareau, 1913: 210 (catalog); Blackwelder, 1946: 647 (catalog); Monrós, 1952: 515 (detailed morphological study); Seeno and Wilcox, 1982: 43 (catalog). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Length 4.54-5.36 mm, width 3.63-4.27 mm. General body shape subglobular. Antenna serrate beyond 6 th antennomere, 3 rd, 4 th, and 5 th antennomeres slightly widened, but not dilated distally. Pronotum without median elevation, relatively smooth and continuous with rest of body, without well developed median longitudinal sulci. Pronotal base opposite mesoscutellum (posterior pronotal lobe) with notch. Prosternum broadly narrowing posteriorly, at apex not much narrower than anterior section of prosternum. Narrowest part of prosternal process at about ½ length of entire prosternum. Mesoscutellum transverse, rectangular. Metascutellum concealed by elytra. Sutural serration of elytra poorly developed with individual serra wide, short, and rounded. Elytral tubercules not well developed. Femora and tibiae flattened; tarsi reduced, retractile, able to fit into groove along apex of tibia. Protibial apex with short medially facing spine. Midtibial apices without spine. Tarsal claw simple. <b>Distribution.</b> The only species, <i>Carcinobaena pilula</i> (Klug), occurs in French Guiana and northern Brazil (Monrós, 1952). <b>Remarks.</b> This genus resembles <i>Melittochlamys</i> in overall body shape; however, the modified legs of <i>Carcinobaena</i> immediately distinguish it not only from other chlamisines, but from most other genera in Chrysomelidae. <b>Material examined.</b> <i>Carcinobaena pilula</i> (Klug): 1) a. Brazil, Para, Santarem: Tanerinha, VII.1921, I. Boy/ b. F. Monrós Collection, 1959/ c. <i>Carcinobaena pilula</i> (Klug), F. Monrós det. 1949. 2) a. Para, Brazil, de Mathan/ b. F. Monrós Collection, 1959. 3) a. Santarem, Brazil, F. Knab./ b. <i>Carcinobaena pilula</i> Klug / c. <i>Carcinobaena pilula</i> (Klug), F. Monrós det. 1949.
description: Published as part of <i>Chamorro-Lacayo, Maria &amp; Konstantinov, Alexander, 2009, Synopsis of warty leaf beetle genera of the world (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae, Chlamisini), pp. 63-88 in ZooKeys 8 (8)</i> on pages 69-71, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.8.90, http://zenodo.org/record/576444
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