Checklist of Epicauta Dejean from America (Meloidae, Meloinae, Epicautini)

CAMPOS-SOLDINI, MARÍA PAULA; SAFENRAITER, MELANIA EDITH; WAGNER, LEANDRO SEBASTIÁN; FERNÁNDEZ, ESTRELLA NATALÍN; SEQUIN, CHRISTIAN JAVIER

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Año: 2018 vol. 807 p. 47 - 125

1313-2989

This paper presents a comprehensive list of American Epicauta. Two hundred and sixty-four named specieswere recorded in this checklist based primarily on literature and museum records. Seventy-two specieswere included in the subgenus Macrobasis and 192 species into the nominotypic subgenus. Nomenclaturalmodifications are provided for E. langei Borchmann and E. nigripes Borchmann, both junior synonyms ofE. pilme (Molina); E. albicincta Borchmann, junior synonym of E. suturalis (Haag-Rutenberg); E. lugubrisDenier, junior synonym of E. tristis (Mäklin); and E. wagneri Pict, junior synonym of E. vicina (Haag-Rutenberg). Three hundred and ninety-two new records for South America are provided.