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31 December 2021 Definition and Revision of the cylindricus Species-Group of North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), Including Descriptions of Six New Species
Robert J. Barney
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Abstract

Six new species of Pachybrachis Chevrolat from the southwestern United States are described. Pachybrachis ashfork Barney, new species, Pachybrachis ephedra Barney, new species, Pachybrachis huachuca Barney, new species, Pachybrachis hurricane Barney, new species, Pachybrachis saguaro Barney, new species, and Pachybrachis texasensis Barney, new species are similar in appearance to several other species that are large, without ocular lines, with enlarged front tarsal claws, and have aedeagal median lobes with wisps and keels: Pachybrachis chaoticus Fall, Pachybrachis crassus Bowditch, Pachybrachis cylindricus Bowditch, Pachybrachis hybridus Suffrian, Pachybrachis peninsularis Fall, Pachybrachis pinguescens Fall, and Pachybrachis turgidicollis Fall. Descriptions, figures, and range maps are presented for each species.

Robert J. Barney "Definition and Revision of the cylindricus Species-Group of North American Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), Including Descriptions of Six New Species," The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(4), 723-748, (31 December 2021). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.4.723
Received: 19 January 2021; Accepted: 23 August 2021; Published: 31 December 2021
KEYWORDS
Chrysomeloidea
leaf beetles
Nearctic
plant association
taxonomy
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