Muisca bitaeniata
Muisca bitaeniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
Superfamily:
Cleroidea
Family:
Cleridae
Subfamily:
Clerinae or Enopliinae
Genus:
Muisca
Species:
M. bitaeniata
Binomial name
Muisca bitaeniata

Muisca bitaeniata is the accepted[2] type species of checkered beetles of the genus Muisca in the subfamily of Clerinae or Enopliinae. It was first described by entomologist Maximilian Spinola in 1844.[1]

Etymology

The genus Muisca has been named after the Muisca from the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in central Colombia.[3] Bitaeniata means "two-striped".[4]

Description

The description of the beetle is made in French and Spinola used for measuring the body parts of the sole specimen, which he thinks was a male,[1] the old French unit of length ligne. One ligne corresponds to 2.2558291 millimetres (0.08881217 in).[5]

The labium and maxilla of the genus Muisca are less wide than long. This differs from the genus Aulicus.[3]

Antennas, body and legs are red. Eyes and extremities of the mandibles are black. Two black stripes over each elytra (forewing).[1]

  • body length - 3 1/2 ligne ~ 8 mm (0.31 in)
  • prothorax - 2/3 ligne long, maximum 1/2 ligne wide ~ 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long, max 1.1 mm (0.043 in) wide
  • elytra - 2 ligne long, base 1 ligne wide ~ 4.5 mm (0.18 in) long, base 2.2 mm (0.087 in) wide
  • head - 1/2 ligne wide ~ 1.1 mm (0.043 in)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 (in French) Spinola, 1844 Essai monographique sur les Clérites, insectes coléoptères, Volume 2 - p. 148 - accessed 21-04-2016
  2. ↑ Muisca bitaeniata accepted species - GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy - 2013-07-01 - accessed 21-04-2016
  3. 1 2 (in French) Maresq, 1860 Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle ou Traité complet de cette science, d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éminents de tous les pays et de toutes les époques: Coléoptères, Volumes 1-3 - p. 258 - accessed 21-04-2016
  4. ↑ Meaning "bitaeniata" - FishBase - accessed 21-04-2016
  5. ↑ (in French) Conversion ligne-mm - Horlogerie Suisse - accessed 21-04-2016
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