Muisca bitaeniata is the acceptedMuisca bitaeniata accepted species - GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy - 2013-07-01 - accessed 21-04-2016 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.
Etymology The genus Muisca has been named after the Muisca from the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in central Colombia. 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 Bitaeniata means "two-striped".Meaning "bitaeniata" - FishBase - accessed 21-04-2016
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, the old French unit of length ligne. One ligne corresponds to . Conversion ligne-mm - Horlogerie Suisse - accessed 21-04-2016
The labium and maxilla of the genus Muisca are less wide than long. This differs from the genus Aulicus.
Antennas, body and legs are red. Eyes and extremities of the mandibles are black. Two black stripes over each elytra (forewing).
body length - 3 1/2 ligne ~ prothorax - 2/3 ligne long, maximum 1/2 ligne wide ~ long, max wide elytra - 2 ligne long, base 1 ligne wide ~ long, base wide head - 1/2 ligne wide ~
See also
List of flora and fauna named after the Muisca
References