Comparative morphology of the type-species of Isotes and Synbrotica(Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae), with a new synonymy of species

Abstract

ABSTRACT. In order to solve the affinities of the species of Isotes Weise, 1922, a detailed morphological comparative study was carried out based on type-species of Isotes and its junior synonym, Synbrotica Bechyné, 1956. Isotes tetraspilota (Baly, 1865) and Isotes borrei (Baly, 1889) had their morphology of mouthparts, endosternites, wings and both male and female genitalia compared by the first time. A new synonymy is established between Isotes borrei (Baly, 1889) and Isotes crucigera syn. nov. based on external and genitalia morphology. New structures for Section Diabroticites Chapuis, 1875 are presented and discussed.

Belarima violacea (Lucas, 1847) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), a new genus and species for the European fauna

“…Scanning electron micrographs were taken using a Hitachi TM-1000. Terminology follows D' Alessandro et al (2016) for the median lobe of the aedeagus, and Bezděk (2015) and Rodrigues and Mermudes (2015) for the spermatheca. Geographical coordinates for the localities are reported in degrees, minutes and seconds (WGS84 format).…”