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(
<figureCitation id="71FE34E91955587A2273383FA10CF049" box="[552,618,602,621]" captionStart="Figs 1224" captionStartId="9.[113,150,1412,1431]" captionTargetBox="[116,1088,219,1367]" captionTargetId="figure-13@9.[116,1089,219,1372]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Figs 1224. Dorsal habitus. 18 Katkispa insignis (Pic, 1934), syntype, Venezuela: Colonia Tovar; 13 Weiseispa angusticollis (Weise, 1893), Ecuador: Río Palenque; 14 Demotispa pulchella Baly, 1858, lectotype, Peru; 15 Demotispa rubiginosa (Boheman, 1862), Panama: Chiriquí; 16 Parimatidium rubrum (Boheman, 1850), French Guyana:St. Laurent du Maroni;17 Pseudostilpnaspis lata (Baly, 1885), Panama:Santa Clara; 18 Pseudimatidium elaeicola Aslam, 1966, Colombia: Calima area; 19 Windsorispa latifrons (Weise, 1910), Colombia: SantoAntonio; 20 Cephaloleia Àavipennis Baly, 1869, Ecuador: Río Hollín; 21 Melanispa sp., Guadeloupe; 22 Parentispa formosa (Staines, 1996), Panama: La Fortuna; 23 Stenispa attenuata Baly, 1875, Panama: Gamboa; 24 Lechispa parallela (Pic, 1930), syntype, Argentina: Rosas. All scale bars = 2.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5301736" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5301736/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Figs 12</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="71FE34E91955587A2228383FA1EFF049" box="[627,649,602,621]" captionStart="Figs 2934" captionStartId="11.[113,150,1516,1535]" captionTargetBox="[117,1085,219,1385]" captionTargetId="figure-13@11.[112,1088,219,1389]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figs 2934. Ventral aspects of head. 29 Cyclantispa gracilis (Baly, 1885); 30 Katkispa insignis (Pic, 1934); 31 Windsorispa latifrons (Weise, 1910); 32 Weiseispa angusticollis (Weise, 1893); 33 Parentispa formosa (Staines, 1996); 34 Lechispa parallela (Pic, 1930). Scale bars = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5301740" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5301740/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">30</figureCitation>
)
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species.
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1955587A215738E3A2A3F0B9" box="[268,453,646,669]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Euxema elongata</emphasis>
Pic, 1934
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, here designated.
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1955587A202A38C3A39AF099" bold="true" box="[113,252,678,701]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Description.</emphasis>
Body elongate oval, parallel-sided, 2.5 times longer than wide. Length
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. Body reddish brown with amber pronotum and metallic blue-grey elytra (
<figureCitation id="71FE34E91955587A23D938A3A0B7F0F9" box="[898,977,710,733]" captionStart="Figs 1224" captionStartId="9.[113,150,1412,1431]" captionTargetBox="[116,1088,219,1367]" captionTargetId="figure-13@9.[116,1089,219,1372]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Figs 1224. Dorsal habitus. 18 Katkispa insignis (Pic, 1934), syntype, Venezuela: Colonia Tovar; 13 Weiseispa angusticollis (Weise, 1893), Ecuador: Río Palenque; 14 Demotispa pulchella Baly, 1858, lectotype, Peru; 15 Demotispa rubiginosa (Boheman, 1862), Panama: Chiriquí; 16 Parimatidium rubrum (Boheman, 1850), French Guyana:St. Laurent du Maroni;17 Pseudostilpnaspis lata (Baly, 1885), Panama:Santa Clara; 18 Pseudimatidium elaeicola Aslam, 1966, Colombia: Calima area; 19 Windsorispa latifrons (Weise, 1910), Colombia: SantoAntonio; 20 Cephaloleia Àavipennis Baly, 1869, Ecuador: Río Hollín; 21 Melanispa sp., Guadeloupe; 22 Parentispa formosa (Staines, 1996), Panama: La Fortuna; 23 Stenispa attenuata Baly, 1875, Panama: Gamboa; 24 Lechispa parallela (Pic, 1930), syntype, Argentina: Rosas. All scale bars = 2.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5301736" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5301736/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
).
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Mouthparts prognathous, with labrum and maxillary palps slightly projecting forwards and slightly visible from above (
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). Labrum large, as broad as mouth cavity, slightly convex and semicircular, mostly covering mandibulae. Maxillary palps as long as two basal antennomeres. Labial palp half length of maxillary. Clypeus very short, transverse, without carina. Antennal area impressed without interantennal carina. Antennae 11-segmented, strangulate, twice longer than pronotal base, two basal antennomeres shiny, ¿rst globular, second transverse. Length ratio of antennomeres: 100: 363: 418: 357: 392: 297: 327: 327: 339: 301: 506, ¿rst antennomere extremely short, second 3.6 times and third 4.2 times longer than ¿rst. Eyes moderately large, gena well visible. Vertex sparsely but coarsely punctate. Head as wide as long and not constricted behind eyes but gradually narrowing.
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<paragraph id="E97A286C1955587A20CB3E43A13CF739" blockId="25.[113,1090,646,1597]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Pronotum approximately as wide as long, subrectangular, subparallel-sided, widest in basal third, and narrower than base of elytra.Anterior margin smooth, convex and moderately projecting forwards and with small tubercle possessing seta on each side at inner eye margin. Anterior corners rounded, serrate and not projecting forwards. Basal corners sharp and projecting in small denticle. Lateral margins serrate, only slightly explanate, moderately swollen, and distinctly separated from disc. Basal margin strongly projecting towards scutellum. Disc regularly convex, micro-reticulate, sparsely but coarsely punctate, punctures gradually denser towards basal corners, shiny but not polished.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E97A286C1955587A20CB3F43A0C0F719" blockId="25.[113,1090,646,1597]" box="[144,934,1318,1341]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Scutellum long, subpentagonal, smooth, micro-reticulate, and impunctate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E97A286C1955587920CB3F23A1E2F317" blockId="25.[113,1090,646,1597]" lastBlockId="26.[151,1127,220,1139]" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="283" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Elytra about 1.8 times longer than wide, elongate, parallel-sided, weakly and regularly convex, disc flat, with ten rows of punctures plus scutellar row. Base of elytra smooth, sinuate, distinctly wider than base of pronotum. Humeral angles rounded and not protruding. Humeral calli slightly convex, impunctate and micro-reticulate. Punctation completely regular. Punctures moderately large, foveolate. Intervals broad, about 23 times wider than puncture diameter, smooth and micro-reticulate. Punctures disposed regularly and densely in rows with interspaces approximately as wide as puncture diameter. Marginal row distinct in whole length, regular. Elytral margin only slightly explanate, almost perpendicular. Its outer margin subhorizontal, swollen, and minutely serrate in whole length. Each denticle possessing small seta on tip. Apex of elytra conjointly rounded. Epipleura flat, micro-sculptured and sparsely pubescent, gradually narrowing towards apex.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC3B99A2F5F037" bold="true" box="[151,403,508,531]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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is placed in a group of genera characterized by having prognathous and slightly projecting mouthparts, a subquadratic pronotum, and serrate lateroapical margins of the elytra. It also has the pronotum without protruding corners and an extremely short ¿rst antennomere like
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587922703839A1F1F057" box="[555,663,604,627]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Xanthispa</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E19565879229C3839A020F057" box="[711,838,604,627]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Cyclantispa</emphasis>
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, but the two latter differ in having strongly projecting mouthparts and a transverse pronotum, while
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has the pronotum almost as wide as long. The other similar genera, with serrate lateroapical margins of the elytra and parallel-sided pronota, are
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E19565879229338D9A078F0F7" box="[712,798,700,723]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Xenispa</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E19565879230838D9A0CFF0F7" box="[851,937,700,723]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Euxema</emphasis>
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. Both differ from
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC38B9A393F0D7" box="[151,245,732,755]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Katkispa</emphasis>
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in having much longer antennae, a transverse pronotum, which is strongly expanded anteriorly in
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and deeply emarginate in
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587922CB3899A180F137" box="[656,742,764,787]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Xenispa</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC3979A27EF117" bold="true" box="[151,280,796,819]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Etymology.</emphasis>
This genus is dedicated to my girlfriend Katka Štajerová for her support and patience with my beetle studies, and the name is derived from her ¿rst name and generic name
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<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920BB3939A246F157" box="[224,288,860,883]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Hispa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; gender is feminine.
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<subSubSection id="A1DF7BE71956587920CC3919A22BF637" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="E97A286C1956587920CC3919A22BF637" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1139]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">
<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC3919A260F1B7" bold="true" box="[151,262,892,915]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Remarks.</emphasis>
The genus is proposed for
<taxonomicName id="2EC553EF1956587922633919A192F1B7" authorityName="Pic" authorityYear="1934" box="[568,756,892,915]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Euxema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587922633919A192F1B7" box="[568,756,892,915]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Euxema elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which was assigned to the genus
<taxonomicName id="2EC553EF1956587920CC39F9A38BF197" authorityName="Baly" authorityYear="1885" box="[151,237,924,947]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Euxema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC39F9A38BF197" box="[151,237,924,947]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Euxema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="8D54559D19565879214139F9A2FEF197" author="PIC M." box="[282,408,924,947]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" pagination="154 - 157" refId="ref30961" refString="PIC M. 1934 a: Hispides nouveaux du Venezuela Col. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie 1: 154 - 157." type="journal article" year="1934">PIC (1934a)</bibRefCitation>
on the basis of the convex and protruding anterior margin of the pronotum. However, the species has a very different shape of the pronotum and body from
<taxonomicName id="2EC553EF1956587920CC39B9A261F1D7" authorityName="Baly" authorityYear="1885" box="[151,263,988,1011]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Euxema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="insignis">
<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC39B9A261F1D7" box="[151,263,988,1011]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">E. insignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(i.e.
<typeStatus id="367E96CE19565879216739B9A20CF1D7" box="[316,362,988,1011]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">type</typeStatus>
species of
<taxonomicName id="2EC553EF19565879218539B9A152F1D7" authorityName="Baly" authorityYear="1885" box="[478,564,988,1011]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Euxema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DBB1F47E19565879218539B9A152F1D7" box="[478,564,988,1011]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Euxema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) as well as from all other
<taxonomicName id="2EC553EF19565879231F39B9A0CBF1D7" authorityName="Hope" authorityYear="1840" box="[836,941,988,1011]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Imatidiini">Imatidiini</taxonomicName>
and thus requires a separate genus.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="A1DF7BE71956587920CC3E79A294F677" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="E97A286C1956587920CC3E79A191F617" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1139]" box="[151,759,1052,1075]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">
<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC3E79A395F617" bold="true" box="[151,243,1052,1075]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Biology.</emphasis>
Nothing is known about biology of this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E97A286C1956587920CC3E59A294F677" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1139]" box="[151,498,1084,1107]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">
<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC3E59A209F677" bold="true" box="[151,367,1084,1107]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Number of species.</emphasis>
Monotypic.
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<paragraph id="E97A286C1956587920CC3E39A1E7F657" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1139]" box="[151,641,1116,1139]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">
<emphasis id="DBB1F47E1956587920CC3E39A24CF657" bold="true" box="[151,298,1116,1139]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="91D268FC19565879216B3E39A2C4F657" box="[304,418,1116,1139]" name="Venezuela" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion id="2B01E68E1956587921F13E39A29EF657" box="[426,504,1116,1139]" country="Venezuela" name="Aragua" pageId="26" pageNumber="283">Aragua</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8D54559D19565879225C3E39A113F657" author="PIC M." box="[519,629,1116,1139]" pageId="26" pageNumber="283" pagination="154 - 157" refId="ref30961" refString="PIC M. 1934 a: Hispides nouveaux du Venezuela Col. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie 1: 154 - 157." type="journal article" year="1934">PIC 1934a</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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