Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neolochmaea obliterata (Olivier 1808)
syn: Neolochmaea dilatipennis (Jacoby 1886)
Explanation of Names
See Clark et al. 2004 for discussion of synonymy with N. dilatipennis
Identification
From Galerucinae: hind femur not abnormally broad and adapted for jumping; tarsal claws simple, or bifid with inner lobe comparatively narrow and pointed; procoxal cavities closed behind; tarsomere 1 about as long as 5; external surface of tibiae with ridge extending most of length; Elytra densely pubescent, disc brown with narrow, pale discal vittae; front and middle tibiae of male each with a short, stout spur, but hind tibiae lacking spurs and female lacking spurs in all tibiae; pronotum about 2 times as long as wide; base of pronotum not strongly sinuate posteriorly; antennal segments 3 and 4 about the same length, maybe segment 4 slightly longer
(1)(White 1979)
Range
neotropical species introduced into s. FL -
Map (2)(3)Food
Known to feed on the Florida endemic Everglades Key false buttonweed (
Spermacoce terminalis, Rubiaceae)
Remarks
First found in our area near Miami in 1975
Print References
White R.E. (1979) A Neotropical leaf beetle established in the United States (Chrysomelidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 72: 269‒270. (
Full text)
Clark, S. M., D. G. LeDoux, T. N. Seeno, E. G. Riley, A. J. Gilbert, and J. M. Sullivan. 2004. Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2: 1–476.
