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Descriptions of new Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera.
Author(s) -
Jacoby Martin
Publication year - 1878
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1878.tb07944.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science
Oblong, parallel. Testaceous ; base of head, a transverse fascia on the thorax, and two transverse bands on the elytra, one at the base, the other behind the middle, black ; sides of the breast, a streak at the upperside of the femora, and the tibiae black. Length 4| hoes. Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua. Base of head closely punctured near the eyes ; lower part of face testaceous, very shining, deeply transversely grooved ; apex of jaws black ; antennae light testaceous, the first three joints black, closely pubescent. Thorax transverse, subquadrate, angles distinct, sides slightly contracted near the base and apex ; surface widely, but distinctly punctured, the entire disk occupied by a transverse black band of rather irregular shape, thickened at each end. Scutellum black, distinctly punctured. Elytra irregularly and deeply punctured ;