Muisca bitaeniata

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
Spinola, 1844[1]

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 mm.[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]

References

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