Revision of the tribe Cryptonychini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of New Caledonia
Author
Borowiec, Lech
Author
Świętojańska, Jolanta
Author
Sekerka, Lukáš
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-25
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Key to species of
Brontispa
1. Anterior corners of pronotum subhorizontal and distinctly projecting laterally, not continuous with anterior margin through small denticle or notch (
Figs 13
, 20); frontoclypeus impuctate or finely punctate (
Figs 12
, 19); smaller species, length below
10 mm
................................................................................................. 2
- Anterior corners of pronotum weakly projecting laterally and forming continuous line with anterior margin (
Fig. 5
); frontoclypeus with several coarse punctures (
Fig. 3
); larger species, length
13 mm
.............................
B. caledonica
sp. nov.
2. Frontoclypeus without deep foveae (
Fig. 12
); antennomere II short, 0.3 × as long as antennomere I (
Fig. 11
); apex of elytra with sharp or denticulate sutural angle and emarginate apical margin; body yellow, frons brown, pronotum with apical dark patch, elytra either largely dark brown or yellow with central brown spot but never with stripes (
Figs 9, 10
); larger species, length 8.00–
9.50 mm
..................................................................
B. longissima
(
Gestro, 1885
)
- Frontoclypeus with pair of deep foveae apically (Fig. 19); antennomere II elongate, 0.8 × as long as antennomere I (
Fig. 18
); apex of elytra with straight sutural angle and broadly rounded lateral angle; body yellow, each elytron with dark brown stripe on rows 3–5 (Figs 16, 17); smaller species, length
5.10–6.80 mm
...........................
B. veitchiae
Gressitt, 1960