Omophoita communis Bechyne 1958
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 communis

description: Omophoita communis Bechyné 1958
(Figs 5, 12 20, 23)
References: Bechyné 1957a: 68. Type-locality: Paraguay, Río Monday. Distr.: Brazil, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Santa Catarina; Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay. Refs.: Bechyné 1958a: 670; Bechyné 1959: 354; Scherer 1960: 260; Bechyné 1963: 238; Bechyné & Bechyné’s 1971: 294; Seeno et al. 1976: 31.
=biguttata Illiger 1807: 107 (Haltica); Bechyné & Bechyné’s unpublished catalog: 294.
= equestris Olivier 1789: 106; Olivier 1808: 673 (Altica); Sturm 1843: 281 (Omophoita).
Type (Holotype): Omophoita communis Bechyné, 1958. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Niterói. No collector. Deposit institution: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland.
Length: 6,41–7,27 mm.
Head: reddish-brown. Small pale macula visible, limited to the antennal calli. One pale macula visible at the lower portion of the frons. Mouthparts: Labrum with eight setae. Antennae: reddish-brown.
Prothorax: pronotum yellowish. Metathorax and mesothorax: with the same color as the head. Elytra: elytral integument reddish-brown. Four large pale rounded maculae visible; two maculae at the proximal portion of the elytra, not reaching the base of the elytra, two maculae at the distal portion of the elytra reaching the margin of the elytra. Scutellum: triangular, posterior portion rounded. Legs: reddish-brown.
Abdomen: brownish. Male Aedeagus Median lobe (Fig. 20): Apical hood rounded. Ventral sclerite visible in dorsal view; longer than the sides of the median lobe, apex, acuminated, short and wide. Dorsal median process visible; proximal portion of the dorsal median process narrower than the apex; with two parallel thin projections on the apex, base of the projections with the same width as the apex. Oblique dorsal processes ventrally curved; apex rounded in dorsal view. Female Tignum (Fig. 23): Base wider than the apex; hood-like structure in the median portion present (Fig. 4); median portion with membranous aspect; distal portion slender, lateral margins parallel; apex angulated.
Specimens studied: BRAZIL: Paraná: Ponta Grossa, Camargo, XII.1938, undissected (MZUSP); Rolândia, Dirings, XII.1948, undissected (MZUSP); Rolândia, Dirings, XII.1948, 1 ♁ (MZUSP); Santa Catarina: Florianópolis, Rio Vermelho, Dirings 1 ♁ (MZUSP); São Bento do Sul, Dirings, 2 ♀ (MZUSP); Timbó, Dirings, II.1963, undissected (MZUSP); São Paulo: Barueri, Lenko, K., I.1966, undissected (MZUSP).
Observed distribution in the Southern Brazil: Paraná (Ponta Grossa, Rolândia), Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, S „o Bento do Sul, Timbó) (Fig. 29).
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 pages 384-385, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10061420