Fulcidax Voet 1806
Creators: name: Chamorro-Lacayo, Maria
name: Konstantinov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Fulcidax

description: <i>Fulcidax</i> Voet (Figs. 1 G; 2 F; 3 F; 4 F; 5 F) <i>Fulcidax</i> Voet, 1806: 33; Type species: <i>Fulcidax azureus</i> Voet, 1806 = <i>Clytra monstrosa</i> Fabricius, 1798, by monotypy; Jacoby, 1881: 90 (Central American species); Monrós, 1952: 641 (overview of genus); Blackwelder, 1946: 650 (catalog); Seeno and Wilcox, 1982: 43 (catalog). <i>Poropleura</i> Lacordaire, 1848: 863; Type species: <i>Clytra monstrosa</i> Fabricius, 1798, by subsequent designation of Navajas, 1946: 245. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Length 6.50-7.20 mm, width 4.60-5.00 mm. General body shape subquadrate, metallic coloration. Antenna serrate beyond 3 rd antennomere, 2 nd and 3 rd antennomeres slightly widened, but not dilated distally. Head with the vertex longitudinally impressed. Pronotum with median elevation, surface tuberculate. Pronotal base opposite mesoscutellum (posterior pronotal lobe) with acute notch. Prosternum acutely narrowing posteriorly, prosternal process 2/3 size of entire prosternum. Anterior margin of metasternum concave. Mesoscutellum trapezoidal. Metascutellum not exposed. Sutural serration of elytra well developed beyond middle of suture towards the apex. Elytral tubercules pronounced. First ventrite with lateral tubercles. Tibiae slightly curved, flattened, with sharp dorsal edge. Fore- and midtibial apices with spine. Tarsal claw simple. <b>Distribution.</b> Central and South America (Monrós 1952). <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Fulcidax</i> can be distinguished from all other chlamisine genera by the longitudinally impressed vertex of the head, simple tarsal claws, large body size, and usually bright metallic coloration. Currently, 7 species are included in the genus (Monrós 1952). <b>Material examined.</b> <i>Fulcidax bacca</i> (Kirby): 1) a. [Brazil] Canlareira, S. Paulo, 8.VII.1929, J. Halik, 1275/ b. <i>Fulcidax bacca</i> Kirby/ c. J. Guerrin det. 1942/ d. Brazil, Halik 1966 Collection. 2) a. Brazil / b. CF Baker collection, 1927/ c. <i>Fulcidax bacca</i> (Kirby) F. Monrós det. 1949. <i>Fulcidax chimaera</i> (Lacordaire): 1) a. [Argentina] Munici[pi]o Rio Verde, Estado Goyaz, Dr. Nick. XI.945/ b. F. Monrós Collection, 1959/ c. <i>Fulcidax chimaera</i> (Lac.) F. Monrós det. 1952. <i>Fulcidax coelestina</i> (Lacordaire): 1) a. Bolivia, Trinidad, X.1917 Lizer. Deletang/ b. F. Monrós Collection, 1959/ c. <i>Fulcidax coelestina</i> (Lac.) F. Monrós det. 1948.
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 76-77, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.8.90, http://zenodo.org/record/576444
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