214 

 Ischyrus scutellaris Gorham 



Ischyrus scutellaris Gorham 1887:41-42, t.3 f.2. 



Diagnosis . Recognized by the pronotum with 2 free 

 spots only, and small free central and lateral elytral 

 spots . 



Description . Length 4.5-6.4 mm; Width: 2.4-3.2 mm. 

 Body elongate, widest at basal third of elytra; 

 microreticulate, feebly shining; orange-yellow with black 

 pattern (Fig. 70-71) . 



Head orange with blackened epistome margin. Pronotum 

 with 2 free spots; base weakly margined in black on medial 

 half, with or without 2 black spots each on base and 

 anterior margin. Scutellum black or dark orange. Each 

 elytron with black epipleural fold, often with orange (see 

 Variation); free subhumeral spot; large scutellar spot, 

 broadly connected to base and suture; sutural margin black, 

 often with subapical swelling; central and lateral spots' 

 size = subhumeral spot, can touch each other, rarely 

 touching suture (see Variation) . Venter color variable, 

 sclerites orange with black margins to entirely black with 

 anterior prothorax and lateral abdominal edges orange. Legs 

 black; palpi and tarsi brown. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 2.5 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching anterior angle of eye; vertex 

 puncture size = 1 x facet, separated by 1 to 2 diameters; 

 epistome puncture size = 0.75 x facet, nearly coalescing. 

 Antenna reaching base of pronotum; antennomere III as long 



