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 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.