Heterochele actias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Luperini
Subtribus: Diabroticina
Genus: Heterochele
Species: Heterochele actias

Name

Heterochele actias Viswajyothi & Clark, 2021: 3113

Holotype: INBio. ♂. ‘COSTA RICA: Prov. Heredia:\11 km ESE La Virgen, 250-\350 m, 10.350°N, 84.050°W\21 March 2004\INBio-OET-ALAS transect\\21 March 2004\Transect\03/M/20/060\\Project\ALAS\INB0003613616’.

Paratypes:

• COSTA RICA: Provincia Guanacaste: 3 km SE R. Naranjo, 1–10 July 1992, F.D. Parker (1♀, BYUC)
• same data, except 1 February 1993 (1♂, 1♀, USNM)
• same data, except 23 August 1993 (1♀, BYUC)
• COSTA RICA: Provincia Heredia: [same data as holotype, except 6 April 2004, 03/M/20/080, INB0003614945] (1♀, INBio)
• Estación El Ceibo, 10 km SE La Virgen, 10.333°N, 84.083°W, 450–550 m, 13 April 2003, S.M. Clark (1♀, BYUC)
• COSTA RICA: Provincia San José: Escazú, 15 April 1988, F.D. Parker (1♀, BYUC)
• PANAMA: Provincia Panamá Oeste: Cerro Campana, 4 February 1973, Strauch (1♂, TIC [Travancore Insect Collection, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Kerala, India])

Type locality: COSTA RICA: Prov. Heredia: 11 km ESE La Virgen, 250-350 m, 10.350°N, 84.050°W.

References

Primary references

• Viswajyothi, K. & Clark, S.M. 2021. A new genus and two new species of Galerucinae from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Natural History 54(47-48): 3103–3119. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1890849 . ResearchGate . Reference page.