Review of the West Indian genus Monotalla Bechyne (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) with description of five new species
Author
Konstantinov, Alexander S.
Author
Linzmeier, Adelita M.
Author
Clark, Shawn M.
Author
Ivie, Michael A.
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ZooKeys
2015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.505.9434
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.505.9434
1313-2970-505-117
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
Monotalla viridis Konstantinov, Linzmeier, Clark & Ivie
sp. n.
Figs 45-49
Description
.
Body length: 1.25 mm, width: 0.88 mm. Elytron with light greenish luster. Ventral side and appendages light brown or amber. Distance between eyes slightly less than 2 times wider than transverse diameter of eye. Punctures on vertex well defined, sparse, smaller than distance between them. Pronotal punctures sparse, slightly elongate in shape, their transverse diameter much smaller than distance between them. Elytral punctures slightly larger than those on pronotum, forming rows. Distance between punctures in rows smaller than or as great as their diameter. Distance between rows greater than diameter of punctures. Lateral side of metatibia with relatively large denticles. Metatibial spur curved, projecting beyond denticle situated on apex of inner side of metatibia. Aedeagus more or less robust, without impression ventrally, nearly straight in lateral view.
Comments.
Monotalla viridis
can be separated from all other
Monotalla
species based on the light greenish color of the elytra.
Etymology.
This species is named after its light greenish color.
Type material.
Holotype, male: 1) St. Lucia: Piton St. Esprit trap site. 571m,
13.8493°N
,
60.9795°W
, 29 MAY 2009. ex. tree moss C. A. Maier; 2) Holotype
Monotalla viridis
Konstantinov et al. 2015 (WIBF, to be deposited in the USNM).