A taxonomic review of the genus Megalostomis Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Cryptocephalinae, Chrysomelidae)

Agraín, Federico

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3748.1.1

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“…This genus was revised by Agrain (2013). Megalostomis now includes 43 species (Agrain 2014), 13 of them present in Argentina.…”

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“…Two of the most prominent workers on Argentinian Camptosomata were Francisco de Asis Monrós, whose collection was donated to the Smithsonian Institution (USNM) (Staines 1995), and Manuel Viana, whose collection is now housed in Tucumán and Salta Provinces in Argentina and in Chile. More recently, a few type specimens have been deposited in in the Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas, Mendoza, Argentina (IADIZA) by Agrain (2013, 2014). …”

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A comprehensive guide to the Argentinian case-bearer beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Camptosomata)

Agraín¹,

Chamorro²,

Cabrera³

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Knowledge of Argentinian Camptosomata has largely remained static for the last 60 years since the last publication by Francisco de Asis Monrós in the 1950’s. One hundred and ninety Camptosomata species (182 Cryptocephalinae and 8 Lamprosomatinae) in 31 genera are recorded herein from Argentina. Illustrated diagnostic keys to the subfamilies, tribes, subtribes and genera of Argentinian Camptosomata, plus species checklists and illustrations for all genera of camptosomatan beetles cited for each political region of Argentina are provided. General notes on the taxonomy and distribution, as well as basic statistics, are also included. This study provides basic information about the Camptosomata fauna in Argentina that will facilitate in the accurate generic-level identification of this group and aid subsequent taxonomic revisions, and phylogenetic, ecological, and biogeographic studies. This information will also facilitate faunistic comparisons between neighboring countries. Two nomenclatural acts are proposed: Temnodachrys (Temnodachrys) argentina (Guérin, 1952), comb. n., and Metallactus bivitticollis (Jacoby, 1907), comb. n. The following are new records for Argentina: Stegnocephala xanthopyga (Suffrian, 1863) and Lamprosoma azureum Germar, 1824. Currently, the most diverse camptosomate tribe in Argentina is Clytrini, with almost twice the number of species of Cryptocephalini. New records for Argentina are predicted.

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“…This genus was revised by Agrain (2013). Megalostomis now includes 43 species (Agrain 2014), 13 of them present in Argentina.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A comprehensive guide to the Argentinian case-bearer beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Camptosomata)

Agraín¹,

Chamorro²,

Cabrera³

et al. 2017

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“…Images for this study were taken with a Canon PowerShot S50 digital camera, mounted on a Leica S6E stereomicroscope. For the matrix-based key, all illustrations of characters and their states were taken from Agrain and Roig-Juñent (2011) supplementary material, while all species plates were modified from Agrain (2013), except for the illustration of Megalostomis subnitida Guérin [modified from Guérin (1952)], and Megalostomis monrosi Medvedev [modified from Medvedev 1998]. …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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“…All taxa, and characters with their respective states were imported from .dlt to .lif file format into Lucid builder 3.3 (http://www.lucidcentral.org), by use of Lucid translator (http://www.lucidcentral.com/en-us/software/lucid3/lucidbuilder/lucidtranslator.aspx). Within Lucid builder 3.3 (free edition), pictures for most character states, species plates, country level occurrence data (taken from Agrain 2013 checklist), and a few autapomorphies that were not in the original data matrix were added in order to maximize the probability of precise identification. Online interactive Lucid key is available at http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/megalostomis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Agrain and Roig-Juñent (2011) recently tested the phylogenetic relationships among its species, proposing two species groups with distinct morphological and biogeographical characteristics. More recently, Agrain (2013) provided a taxonomic review of the genus including all its species. Both former works anticipated that the study of specimens from certain countries would surely yield some taxonomic novelties.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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An interactive multi-entry key to the species of Megalostomis Chevrolat, with description of a new species from Paraguay (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)

Agraín¹

2014

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The main goal of this contribution is to release an interactive multi-entry key to all known species of the genus Megalostomis Chevrolat. This key constitutes a new tool created to aid the identification of the species of this diverse genus, which occasionally may be difficult to identify to the species-level, due to the lack of reference collections for most countries within its distribution range, and to the presence of intra-specific variation and secondary sexual characters. It is expected that this on-line key will facilitate future periodic updates, and will benefit all those persons interested in identifying these taxa. The present paper also includes the description of Megalostomis juanenrique sp. n., a new species from Paraguay. In addition, Megalostomis gigas Lacordaire, and Megalostomis robustipes Monrós are newly cited for the fauna of Paraguay. The online interactive Lucid key is available at http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/megalostomis. Offline Lucid data files in LIF and SDD formats are also available at doi: 10.3897/zookeys.425.7631.app1 and doi: 10.3897/zookeys.425.7631.app2.

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The Taxonomic Status ofBufo intermediusGünther, 1858: Forensic Entomology Confirms What Was Long Suspected from Morphology

Mendelson¹,

Barclay²,

Geiser³

et al. 2016

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A taxonomic review of the genus Megalostomis Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Cryptocephalinae, Chrysomelidae)

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

A comprehensive guide to the Argentinian case-bearer beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Camptosomata)

A comprehensive guide to the Argentinian case-bearer beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Camptosomata)

An interactive multi-entry key to the species of Megalostomis Chevrolat, with description of a new species from Paraguay (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)

The Taxonomic Status ofBufo intermediusGünther, 1858: Forensic Entomology Confirms What Was Long Suspected from Morphology

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