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Issue: Vol. 5584 No. 3: 10 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.7
Page range: 421-428
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 4

Contribution to the Mexican Hyperaspidini: Hyperaspis picta (Gorham, 1899) comb. nov. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Twarda 51/55; 00-818 Warszawa; Poland.
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Av. Universidad #1001; Col. Chamilpa; C. P. 62209; Cuernavaca; Morelos; México.
Coleoptera Coccinelloidea Cinachyra Semra ladybird beetles taxonomy new combination

Abstract

This study presents a detailed morphological analysis of the previously neglected genus Semra Özdikmen (=Cinachyra Gorham), following the discovery of a female specimen and the re-examination of the male holotype. The analysis reveals that Semra shares key characteristics with the genus Hyperaspis Chevrolat from the tribe Hyperaspidini, supporting the synonymization of both genera, as a result a new combination Hyperaspis picta comb. nov. is proposed. Despite this, Hyperaspis picta remains very distinctive species due to its unique coloration and surface texture, setting it apart from other American species of Hyperaspis.

 

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