A revision of the genus Acentroptera Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Author Staines, C. L. text Insecta Mundi 2014 2014-01-10 2014 332 1 19 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.4645589 1942-1354 4645589 AAD2DCEC-2F4D-4E8D-825F-B2754DC13F22 Acentroptera strandi Uhmann Fig. 11 Acentroptera strandi Uhmann 1943: 115 ( Holotype : Panama , Lino, Fa. Staudinger [handwritten label]// Holotyp [red printed label]// Acentroptera strandi Uh., E. Uhmann det, DEI). Papp 1953: 51 (catalog); Uhmann 1957: 66 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 360 (types); Wilcox 1975: 140 (catalog); Staines 1997: 411 (Uhmann species list), 2011: 55 (faunal list). Description . Elongate; convex; slightly expanding apically; testaceous; pronotum with brown medial vitta; eyes, scutellum, and antennomeres 1-9 black, antennomeres 10-11 brown; legs with tarsi brown, profemur and protibia with diffuse brown markings, meso- and metatibiae brown; venter testaceous with pro-, meso-, and metasterna black laterally, abdomen darkening to apex. Head: vertex impunctate, medial sulcus present; slightly depressed between eyes; tooth present between antennal bases; frons impunctate, carinate; clypeus punctate. Antenna: reaches to humerus; antennomere 1 subglobose, ¾ length of 2; 2-6 cylindrical, with 2-5 subequal in length; 6 shorter than 5; 7-11 each wider than 6; 7-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 6; 11 2x length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-6 sparsely punctate; 7-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; convex; lateral margin sinuate, angulate in middle, narrowly margined; anterior angle with blunt, oblique tooth; posterior angle acute, with small, acute tooth; surface densely punctate; longitudinal medial sulcus present on disc; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.3-1.6 mm ; pronotal width 1.3-1.7 mm . Scutellum: quadrate; micropunctate. Elytron: lateral margin smooth, narrowly margined; exterior apical angle rounded, narrowly margined; apical margin sinuate, narrowly margined, smooth; sutural angle with small acute tooth; humerus angulate; slightly constricted behind humerus; interspace 4 costate, flattened at base; 6 and 8 costate but less produced; 2 costate at apex; elytral length 5.3-7.3 mm ; elytral width 2.0- 2.7 mm . Venter: pro- and mesosterna impunctate medially, sparsely punctate laterally; metasternum impunctate medially, slightly rugose laterally; abdominal sterna impunctate. Leg: sparsely, finely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner apical margin. Total length: 6.7-9.1 mm . Plant association . Adults have been collected fogging Pentaclethra macroloba Kuntze (Fabaceae) ( Staines 2011 ). Distribution . Costa Rica , Panama . Specimens examined : Costa Rica : unknown locality- Ciricavas, 17 May 1938 (USNM). Cartago- Turrialba, 22-28 February 1965 (USNM). Herédia- Est. Biol. La Selva, 150 m , 22 October 1994 (INBIO). Panama : Chiriquí- Chir. Res. For., La Fortuna, Quebrada Aleman, 21 July 1995 (BYU). Total: 4.