TABLE OF CONTENTS 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii 



ABSTRACT x 



INTRODUCTION 1 



General Introduction 1 



History 2 



Nomenclatural Status 6 



Format of Species Accounts 8 



Characters and Terminology 11 



Basics 11 



Eye Facets 12 



Punctation 12 



Surface 12 



Body Shape 14 



Color Pattern 14 



Head 18 



Elytra 24 



Ventral Lines 24 



Prosternum 26 



Mesosternum 33 



Metasternum 33 



First Visible Abdominal Sternite 35 



Male Genitalia 35 



Female Genitalia 39 



Materials and Methods 39 



Specimens 39 



Locating Types 41 



Collecting 44 



Equipment 4 4 



Techniques 45 



Color Pattern Problems 48 



Rules of Thumb 51 



Results 52 



ISCHYRUS LACORDAIRE 53 



ARTIFICIAL KEY TO SPECIES 66 



SPECIES ACCOUNTS 81 



Ischyrus aleator Boyle 81 



Ischyrus angularis Lacordaire 8 6 



Ischyrus auriculatus Lacordaire 92 



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