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Ischyrus tripunctatus Crotch 



Ischyrus tripunctatus Crotch 1873b: 144. 



Diagnosis . Characterized by having 3 free pronotal 

 spots in transverse row, entirely black head and legs, 

 scutellar and subhumeral spots fused, and central elytral 

 marking broadly connected to suture. 



Description . Length: 6.6-7.1 mm; Width: 3.0-3.7 mm. 

 Body elongate, widest at basal third of elytra; finely 

 microreticulate, shining; yellow-orange with black pattern 

 (Fig. 37) . 



Head black. Pronotum with 3 free spots in a transverse 

 row, middle spot larger than lateral spots; basal margin 

 with weak black edge at median half. Scutellum dark orange 

 to black. Each elytron with black epipleural fold, 

 occasionally orange at base; subhumeral and scutellar spots 

 broadly connected to each other and base, appearing as one 

 large posteriorly lobed spot; scutellar spot broadly 

 connected to suture; central spot large, triangular, widest 

 anteriorly, broadly connected to suture, edges lobed; suture 

 finely black from central spot to apex. Venter orange with 

 black meso- and metepisterna and epimera. Legs black; palpi 

 and tarsi brown. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 2 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching 0.8 distance to anterior angle of 

 eye; vertex puncture size = 0.5 to 0.75 x facet, separated 

 by 2 to 3 diameters; epistome puncture size = 0.5 to 0.75 x 

 facet, separated by 1 diameter. Antenna reaching middle of 



