Chrysodinopsis cupriceps ( Lefèvre, 1877 ), Gómez-Zurita & Maes, 2022

Gómez-Zurita, Jesús & Maes, Jean-Michel, 2022, New Genera and Species Records of Nicaraguan Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Including a New Species in a New Generic Record for Central America, Neotropical Entomology 51 (5), pp. 705-721 : 712

Chrysodinopsis cupriceps ( Lefèvre, 1877) n. comb.

Chrysodina cupriceps Lefèvre, 1877

( Figs. 1d , 3b , 5b )

New species record: JGZC: (1) female ( JGZC-1375 ), Estelí, Reserva Natrual Miraflor , Finca Beylla Vista, Mirador Los Cerritos , 13.263 -86.2293 [118], July 2010, A. Del Socorro & B. Nimia leg., Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lef.) J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022; (2) female ( JGZC-1333 ), Estelí, Area Protegida Miraflor-Moropotente , July 2010, on Acanthospermum hispidum , A. del Socorro & B. Nimia leg., Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lef.) J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022; (3) female ( JGZC-1753 ), Estelí, Reserva Natural Miraflor , Comunidad Isiqui , 13.113206 -862,244,199, August 2010, on Astronium graveolens , A. del Socorro & B. Nimia leg., Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lef.) J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022; (4) female ( JGZC-1757 ), Estelí, Reserva Natural Miraflor , Comunidad Isiqui , 13.106656 -86.2320785, August 2010, on Datura stramonium , A. del Socorro & B. Nimia leg., Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lef.) J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022; (5) female ( JGZC-1760 ), Estelí, Reserva Natural Miraflor , Comunidad Isiqui , 13.106656 -86.2320785, August 2010, on Datura stramonium , A. del Socorro & B. Nimia leg., Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lef.) J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022; (6) female ( JGZC-1763 ), Estelí, Reserva Natural Miraflor, Comunidad Isiqui, 13.106656 -86.2320785, August 2010, on Milleria quinqueflora , A. del Socorro & B. Nimia leg., Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lef.) J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022; (7) female ( JGZC-1765 ), Estelí, Reserva Natural Miraflor , Comunidad Isiqui , August 2010, A. del Socorro & B. Nimia leg., Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lef.) J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022; (8) male ( JGZC-1230 ), Rivas, Finca Guadalupe, 11.179983 -85.6807925, 290 m, 10–12 July 2010, J.-M. Maes leg., Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lef.) J. Gómez-Zurita det. 2022.

Jacoby (1890) reflected on Chrysodina cupriceps and suggested that it may be better placed with Noda curtula , and both in his Noda (currently, Brachypnoea ), based on their morphological similarities. Bechyné (1950b) created the monotypic genus Chrysodinopsis for N. curtula based on differences in the shape of elytra and epipleura relative to typical Brachypnoea , and later transferred N. basalis to this genus too ( Bechyné 1957), while retaining C. cupriceps in Chrysodina ( Bechyné 1953) . Flowers (1996) respected the limits to Chrysodinopsis established by Bechyné (1957) and transferred C. cupriceps to Brachypnoea . Van Roie et al. (2019) reported C. cupriceps from El Salvador, placing it in the genus Chrysodinopsis , but without justification. After comparing C. cupriceps with C. curtula , we agree with Jacoby’s (1890) original assessment on the strong morphological similarity between both species, including slightly flattened apex of elytra in the only male examined. While the validity of Chrysodinopsis remains unchallenged, both species should be placed in the same genus based on their morphological proximity; thus, we formalize the new combination here. Previously reported from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico ( Flowers 1996; Van Roie et al. 2019), the presence of C. cupriceps in Nicaragua would extent the range of the species considerably to the south. Nicaraguan specimens range from cupreous to metallic green, blue, purple, and almost black, sometimes with slight differences in the hue of pronotum and elytra, but the head is always of a different color compared to the rest of the body ( Fig. 1d ). We illustrate the penis and the spermatheca of the species for future comparisons ( Figs. 3b and 5b ).

Figures

Fig. 1 Dorsal views of some of the new records of Nicara- guan Eumolpinae in the tribe Eumolpini, including Antity- pona submetallica (Jacoby) (a), Brachypnoea modesta animato- ria (Bechyné) (b), Caryonoda funebris n. sp. (c), Chrysodi- nopsis cupriceps (Lefèvre) (d), Spintherophyta ignita (Lefèvre) (e), and S. minuta (Jacoby) (f). Scale bar=1.0 mm

Fig. 3 Lateral and dorsal apical views of the penis of Colaspis jalapae (Bechyné) (a), Chrysodinopsis cupriceps (Lefèvre) (b), Antitypona submetallica (Jacoby) (c), Rhabdopterus uncotibialis (Blake) (d), Spintherophyta minuta (Jacoby) (e), Talurus tortonesei Bechyné (f), Typophorus subbrunneus Jacoby (g), Allocolaspis grandicollis (Blake) (h), Nodocolaspis femoralis (Lefèvre) (i), Brachypnoea modesta animatoria (Bechyné) (j), and Caryonoda funebris n. sp. (k). Scale bar=0.2 mm

Fig. 5 Spermathecae of Brachypnoea modesta anima- toria (Bechyné) (a), Chrysodi- nopsis cupriceps (Lefèvre) (b), Colaspis jalapae (Bechyné) (c), Megascelis spinipes Jacoby (d), Metachroma panamense Blake (e), Nodocolaspis femoralis (Lefèvre) (f), Paria nigritar- sis Jacoby (g), Rhabdopterus uncotibialis (Blake) (h), Spintherophyta ignita (Lefèvre) (i), S. minuta (Jacoby) (j), Talurus tortonesei Bechyné (k), Typophorus apicicornis Jacoby (l), T. cyanipennis Lefèvre (m), and T. subbrunneus Jacoby (n). Scale bar=0.2 mm