SPECIES ACCOUNTS 

 Ischyrus aleator Boyle 



Ischyrus aleator Boyle 1954:46-48. 



Diagnosis . Unique in Ischyrus by its linear elytral 

 spots (from base at humerus to apical third) , pronotum 

 lacking free spots, and weakly pinched prosternum. 



Description . Length: 5.6-7.4 mm; Width: 2.5-3.4 mm. 

 Body elongate, parallel-sided, widest at basal third elytra; 

 strongly microreticulate, dull; pale orange with black 

 pattern (Fig. 54) . 



Head orange, often with black epistome. Pronotum 

 entirely edged in black; anterior edge with 2 spots; basal 

 edge with 2 spots farther apart than anterior spots; spots 

 occasionally touching on disc. Scutellum black. Each 

 elytron with black epipleural fold, often with pale base; 

 suture finely edged in black; disc with elongate triangular 

 stripe, widest anteriorly, narrowly connected at base near 

 humerus, reaching apical quarter of elytra. Ventral color 

 variable from mostly black to orange with black sclerite 

 edges. Legs black, femur occasionally banded with pale 

 orange . 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 2.3 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching antennal base; vertex and epistome 



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