Explanation of Names
Paramordellaria triloba (Say 1824)
Size
Length to apices of elytra 3.5 mm; to tip of anal style, 4.5 mm
(1)Identification
Subcuneiform, broadest in female; black, except mouthparts, antennae, and legs which are fuscotestaceous; head with fine pubescence; thorax with irregular lines or marks of yellowish gray pubescence comprising a line oil each side of middle from base to near apex, with sides more or less diffused; elytra with three such bands, one near base (broad and curved from near humeral angle to suture, enclosing a large scutellar black spot), one at middle (broad, reaching suture and side margin), and a similar band one-fourth from apex, with yellowish gray pubescence; these bands in some specimens may be connected with a narrow marginal line of similar pubescence; remainder of elytra and thorax above with black pubescence ; underside with grayish pubescence; anal style rather thickly covered with silvery pubescence.
Head rather large, minutely punctured; eyes reaching occiput, finely granulated and hairy; antennae short, with segments five to ten serrate; last segment of maxillary palpi elongate securiform.
Pronotum nearly twice as broad as long, broader than elytra at base and more coarsely punctured; base in front of scutellum broadly rounded, basal angles obtuse; scutellum triangular, rounded at apex.
Elytra reticulate, coarsely punctured; apex rounded with distinct margin; anterior tarsi with fourth segment dilated; middle tibiae as long as all five tarsal segments of same pair of legs; posterior tibiae with usual subapical ridge, and a carinated dorsal ridge along outer margin, and a similar less pronounced carinated ridge on first segment of posterior tarsi; anal style long and slender, pointed.
Range
e. NA (QC-NC to MB-KS-AL) -
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