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Muisca (beetle)

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Muisca
Muisca bitaeniata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cleridae
Subfamily: Peloniinae
Genus: Muisca
Spinola, 1844[1]
Type species
Muisca bitaeniata
Synonyms

Paracregya

Muisca is a genus of checkered beetles of the subfamily of Clerinae or Enopliinae. The genus was first described by entomologist Maximilian Spinola in 1844.[1]

Spinola contributed extensively to the entomological knowledge in the mid 19th century when specimens were brought to him from South America. The Muisca beetle was found in Colombia and part of the collection of Buquet.[1]

In 1962 Brazilian zoologist Adriano Peracchi [pt] described a species Cregya cylindricollis. Peracchi later transferred this species to the genus Paracregya.[2] Paracregya cylindricollis was then reclassified as Muisca cylindricollis by Ekis in 1975.[3][4]

Etymology

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The genus Muisca has been named after the Muisca of central Colombia.[5]

Description

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The labium and maxilla of the black-striped red Muisca beetle are less wide than long. This differs from the genus Aulicus.[5]

Species

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These 33 species belong to the genus Muisca, found in Central and South America:[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c (in French) Spinola, 1844 Essai monographique sur les Clérites, insectes coléoptères, Volume 2 - p. 148 - accessed 21-04-2016
  2. ^ Description of Paracregya - accessed 21-04-2016
  3. ^ List of Cleridae with Muisca bitaeniata and Muisca cylindricollis Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 21-04-2016
  4. ^ Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada; Gunter, Nicole L.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2019). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia". Systematic Entomology. 44 (3). doi:10.1111/syen.12338.)
  5. ^ a b (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
  6. ^ Opitz, Weston (2018). "Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Muisca SPINOLA in Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae)". Linzer biologische Beiträge. 50. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  7. ^ "GBIF, Muisca". Retrieved 2024-10-16.)