Genus of beetles
Muisca genus ofcheckered beetles of the subfamily ofClerinae orEnopliinae . The genus was first described by entomologistMaximilian 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. TheMuisca beetle was found inColombia and part of the collection ofBuquet .[ 1]
In 1962 Brazilian zoologistAdriano Peracchi [pt ] described a speciesCregya cylindricollis . Peracchi later transferred this species to the genusParacregya .[ 2] Paracregya cylindricollis was then reclassified asMuisca cylindricollis byEkis in 1975.[ 3] [ 4]
The genusMuisca has been named after theMuisca of central Colombia.[ 5]
Thelabium andmaxilla of the black-striped redMuisca beetle are less wide than long. This differs from the genusAulicus [ 5]
These 33 species belong to the genusMuisca , found in Central and South America:[ 6] [ 7]
Muisca adamanta (Opitz, 2018) - BrazilMuisca agma (Opitz, 2018) - Brazil, VenezuelaMuisca anachyma (Opitz, 2018) - ColombiaMuisca angulicollis (Chevrolat, 1876) - ColombiaMuisca apicalis (Spinola, 1844) - Bolivia, BrazilMuisca biordinis (Opitz, 2018) - Colombia, Venezuela, EcuadorMuisca bitaeniata Spinola, 1844 - Panamá, Colombia, VenezuelaMuisca dilatata ((Chevrolat, 1876)) - Bolivia, Brazil, ParaguayMuisca dozieri (Opitz, 2018) - Bolivia, BrazilMuisca fera (Wolcott, 1927) - Costa RicaMuisca heppneri (Opitz, 2018) - PanamáMuisca hexa (Opitz, 2018) - BrazilMuisca hirtula (Klug, 1842) - BrazilMuisca insigna (Chevrolat, 1874) - BrazilMuisca irrorata (Gorham, 1877) - Bolivia, BrazilMuisca lateripunctata (Schenkling, 1906) - ColombiaMuisca maculosa (Gorham, 1877) - BrazilMuisca magdalena (Opitz, 2018) - ColombiaMuisca malakela (Opitz, 2018) - PeruMuisca menda (Opitz, 2018) - ColombiaMuisca mestolinea (Opitz, 2018) - EcuadorMuisca nigrosignata (Spinola, 1844) - Colombia, VenezuelaMuisca octonotata (Gorham, 1883) - Costa Rica, PanamáMuisca omma (Opitz, 2018) - Colombia, EcuadorMuisca peruviana (Pic, 1952) - Peru, BoliviaMuisca sigilla (Opitz, 2018) - BoliviaMuisca signa (Opitz, 2018) - PeruMuisca testacea (Klug, 1842) - BrazilMuisca tetraspilota (Chevrolat, 1876) - ColombiaMuisca togata (Chevrolat, 1874) - BrazilMuisca variabilis (Spinola, 1844) - BrazilMuisca xanthura (Chevrolat, 1876) - French Guiana, Bolivia, BrazilMuisca zona (Opitz, 2018) - Bolivia^a b c (in French) Spinola, 1844Essai monographique sur les Clérites, insectes coléoptères, Volume 2 - p. 148 - accessed 21-04-2016^ Description ofParacregya - accessed 21-04-2016 ^ List of Cleridae withMuisca bitaeniata andMuisca cylindricollis Archived 2016-01-27 at theWayback Machine - accessed 21-04-2016^ 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 . ^a b (in French) Maresq, 1860Encyclopédie 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^ 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 . Retrieved2024-10-16 . ^ "GBIF,Muisca " . Retrieved2024-10-16 .
