AnimaliaColeopteraCoccinellidaeNestor-ArriolaJorge IsmaelToledo-HernándezVíctor HugoSolísÁngelGonzálezGuillermoVětrovecJaroslavThe Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central AmericaZookeys1632021102415719610.3897/zookeys.1024.56927279C8FCF-49B8-580E-974B-9B625FCA5C96 Brachiacantha subfasciata Mulsant Brachyacantha subfasciataMulsant, 1850: 527. Crotch 1874: 211. Gorham 1894: 187. Leng 1911: 302. Leng 1920: 212. Korschefsky 1931: 207. Brachiacantha subfasciataGordon, 1985: 574. Nestor-Arriola and Toledo-Hernández 2019: 550.Material examined.

Material listed in Nestor-Arriola and Toledo-Hernández (2019).

Diagnosis.

Length 3.8–5 mm, width 2.8–3.3 mm. Oval body. Dorsally black with one to four spots on each elytron. Third ventrite of male with separated cusps connected by a curved emargination. Male genitalia asymmetrical; penis guide almost truncate, without apical hook.

Distribution.

From the center of the USA to Honduras.

Discussion.

This species is very similar to others of the dentipes group, but the male genitalia are different as they lack the apical hook on the penis guide.

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