Dachrys Erichson, 1847 Fig. 7

Erichson 1847: 164; Lacordaire 1848: 405-406; Chapuis 1874: 146; Jacoby and Clavareau 1906: 68-69; Clavareau 1913: 80; Guérin 1943: 53-54; Monrós 1953a: 208-209, 1953b: 48-49; Moldenke 1970: 108.

Type species.

Dachrys succincta (Erichson, 1834), designated by Monrós (1953b: 48).

Diagnosis.

This genus resembles Saxinis, but is distinguished by the epipleural lobe not well developed and from Temnodachrys by the sides of the prothorax curved (strongly convergent towards the head); frons with deep medial pit; and distinct elytral pattern with transverse black bands on reddish base color.

Distribution.

Austral region of Chile and Argentina.

Remarks.

Monrós (1953b) separated the genera: Saxinodachrys, Cylindrodachrys, and Temnodachrys, formerly considered within Dachrys . Currently monotypic.

Argentinian species checklist.

Dachrys succincta (Erichson, 1834) (CHU, NQN, RNO). Host plant: Rhamnaceae: Discaria sp. ( Monrós, 1953a) and Chacaya trimereus ( Roig-Juñent, 2004).

= Clythra succincta Erichson, 1834.

= Dachrys succincta Lacordaire, 1848.