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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4645589
1942-1354
4645589
AAD2DCEC-2F4D-4E8D-825F-B2754DC13F22
Acentroptera emdeni
Uhmann
Fig. 4
Acentroptera emdeni
Uhmann 1930b: 152
(type: [
Colombia
]
Bogota
, coll. Kirsch [green label]//
Holotype
[red handwritten label]//
Acentroptera emdeni Uh 1929
, Uhmann det 1940// Museum für Tierkunde Dresden MTD).
Uhmann 1943: 116
(noted), 1957: 66 (catalog);
Papp 1953: 50
(catalog);
Staines 1997: 411
(Uhmann species list).
Description
. Elongate; parallel-sided; elytra much wider than pronotum; brownish-yellow with darker sheen, antennae, pro-, meso-, and metasterna black, abdomen partly dark. Head: vertex rugose; depressed between eyes; tubercle present between antennal bases; frons and clypeus sparsely punctate. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined, thickening apically; antennomere 1 subglobose; 2 transverse; 3 2x length of 1, elliptical; 4-7 elliptical, decreasing in length; 8-10 transverse; 11 2x length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-7 sparsely punctate; 8-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; disc convex; lateral margin straight basally, angulate medially then narrowing to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle prominent, with blunt tooth; posterior angle acute; surface strongly, densely punctate; smooth longitudinal medial impressed line present; with slight transverse impression laterally at middle; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length
1.4-1.5 mm
; pronotal width
1.4-1.6 mm
. Scutellum: quadrate; finely punctate. Elytron: lateral margin weakly expanding apically, smooth; apex subtruncate, smooth; sutural angle notched, with small tooth; humerus rounded; regularly punctatestriate; weakly quadricostate, costa 2 most produced; costa 3 interrupted in middle; elytral length
6.1-6.4 mm
; elytral width
2.7 mm
. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna irregularly punctate, each puncture with pale seta; sternite 5 with fringe of setae at apex. Leg: punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner apical margin. Total length: 8.6-10.0 mm.
Host plant
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
Bolivia
,
Brazil
(
Rio de Janeiro
),
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Panama
,
Peru
.
Specimens examined
:
Brazil
: Rio de Janeiro- no further data (USNM).
Colombia
: Distrito Capital-
Bogotá
(MTD).
Ecuador
: Loja-
Loja
(USNM).
Panama
: Chiriquí- La Fortuna,
9-1100 m
, Rio Hornito Trail,
15 February 2001
(LSC).
Peru
: Cuzco- Marcapata,
3200 m
,
14 October 1976
(USNM). Total 5.