Abanycha Martins & Galileo 1997
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Key to species of Abanycha, adapted from Martins & Galileo (2014) 1. Elytra with at least most of the anterior third light and the remaining surface dark.................................. 2 – Elytra unicolorous, light with the apex or part of sides dark, or with the anterior third entirely bicolorous................ 4 2(1). Antennae entirely dark. Costa Rica ......................................... A. pectoralis Martins & Galileo, 2004 – Antennae not dark at least on basal antennomeres............................................................ 3 3(2). Scape dark; elytra about as long as 2.5 humeral width. Colombia ........................... A. urocosmia (Bates, 1881) – Scape reddish; elytra shorter than 2.5 times humeral width. Ecuador .......................... A. bicolor (Gahan, 1899) 4(1). Elytra without dark areas............................................................................... 5 – Elytra with dark are.................................................................................... 6 5(4). Antennae without white antennomeres. Venezuela ............................... A. fasciata Galileo & Martins, 2005 – Antennae with white antennomeres. Ecuador .............................. A. bicoloricornis Galileo & Martins, 2009 6(4). Elytra with orange area anteriorly, distinctly contrasting with the remaining integumental color on basal half; elytra with large dark area posteriorly. Peru ........................................................... A. contamanina sp. nov. – Elytra without orange area anteriorly contrasting with the remaining integumental color on basal half; elytra with narrow dark area apically......................................................................................... 7 7(6). Pronotum dark brown with two longitudinal yellowish pubescent bands. Guatemala .......... A. pulchricollis (Bates, 1885) – Pronotum orange without longitudinal pubescent bands. Costa Rica, Panama ................ A. sericipennis (Bates, 1885)
Authors: Santos-Silva, Antonio, Hernandez, Juan José Ramírez
Institution: Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7091423633
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