Luperosoma Jacoby, 1891

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Genus Luperosoma Jacoby, 1891

Luperosoma Jacoby, 1891: 87 ( type species Luperosoma marginata Jacoby, 1891 , by original designation).

Deuterobrotica Bechyné, 1958: 596 ( type species Diabrotica amplicornis Baly, 1886 , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus includes 13 described species, occurring from the southern United States through much of South America. See Fig. 111 for a habitus illustration. See Blake (1958) for a key that includes some, but not all, of the species. Females are hardly distinguishable from females of some species of Trichobrotica Bechyné, 1956 .

Figures

Figs 109–117. Dorsal views. 109. Parabrotica subtilis (Weise, 1921). 110. Trichobrotica sexplagiata (Jacoby, 1878). 111. Luperosoma marginatum Jacoby, 1891. 112. Carpiradialis pueblensis Niño- Maldonado & Clark, 2020. 113. Deinocladus sp. 114. Coronabrotica amazonensis Moura, 2010 [reproduced from Moura (2010), with permission from the copyright holder, Magnolia Press]. 115. Trachyscelida venezuelensis (Bechyné, 1956). 116. Synetocephalus penrosei Gilbert & Clark, 2012. 117. Geethaluperus flavofemoratus (Jacoby) comb. nov.