146 

 Ischyrus frontalis Lacordaire 



Ischyrus frontalis Lacordaire 1842:127. 



Ischyrus agnatus Crotch 1876:426-427(50-51), Gorham 



1887:39. 



Ischyrus agnathus Crotch 1876, in Kuhnt : 1909 : 63 

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Diagnosis . Recognized by having 3 free pronotal spots 

 in transverse row, central elytral fascia broken into spots, 

 and elongate lateral elytral spots less than half the length 

 of the central spot. 



Description . Length: 5.8-7.6 mm. Width: 2.8-3.7 mm. 

 Body elongate, widest at basal third of elytra; 

 microreticulate, dull; orange with black color pattern (Fig. 

 38-39) . 



Head orange with black basal spot. Pronotum with 3 

 free spots in transverse row; central spot larger than 

 lateral spots, less than 0.5 total length of pronotum; often 

 with fine black basal margin at medial half. Scutellum dark 

 orange or black. Each elytron with orange epipleural fold; 

 free subhumeral spot; large scutellar spot, broadly attached 

 to base and suture; sutural margin black; longitudinally 

 elongate central spot connected to suture throughout its 

 length; longitudinally elongate lateral spot free, length = 

 0.5 x or less central spot length. Venter mostly orange 

 with black margins, amount of black variable. Legs black, 

 paler in teneral specimens; palpi and tarsi brown. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 2.2 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching 0.5 to 0.75 distance to anterior 

 angle of eye, often finely extended forward to apical angle; 



