Anisochalepus Uhmann 1940g: 120

Synonomys

Anisochalepus Spaeth 1937: 154 (unavailable name).

Type Species

Anisochalepus reimoseri Uhmann.

Diagnosis

Anisochalepus can be distinguished by the following combination of characters:

• the lateral margins of the pronotumpronotum:
  occupies all of dorsal part of the prothorax; in anterior angles or posterior angles there may be a small tubercle or pore with a seta
  and the elytra without long, stiff spines
• the head without a frontal horn
• the pronotumpronotum:
  occupies all of dorsal part of the prothorax; in anterior angles or posterior angles there may be a small tubercle or pore with a seta
  with a seta in each anterior angle, finely margined, without lateral teeth
• the apex of the elytra without a tooth-like projection
• the elytra with 10 rows of punctures for entire length and 4 regular costae, humerus rounded without spine or tooth
• the antennae thickened at apex, with 11-antennomeres
• leg with apical tarsomere bearing 1 claw
• anterior margin of prosternumprosternum:
  contains two anterior coxal cavities
  not expanding toward mouth

Description

Narrow, elongate, cylindrical.

Head: vertexvertex:
occupies the area behind and between the eyes
2x as long as wide, flat, depressed between eyes; medial sulcus present; row of punctures present behind eyeeye:
elongate, slightly prominent, multifaceted; usually slightly kidney-shaped
; clypeusclypeus:
usually quadrangular, elongate; joined to the labrum
very narrow; fronsfrons:
upper anterior portion of head capsule above the clypeus
cristate, deeply punctate.

Antenna: with 11‑antennomeres; antennomere 3 elongate, 2x as long as 2, nearly quadrate; 4 to 6 combined as long as 3.

Pronotum: scarcely wider than long; lateral margin weakly convergent, margined behind middle; coarsely punctate; disc with transverse carina present; tooth present in anterior angle; basal impression present.

Scutellum: cordate.

Elytron: lateral margin finely dentate; apical margin strongly dentate; with 10 rows of punctures plus scutellar row, rows 5 to 8 reduced to two rows behind middle; 4 costae; costa 1 strongly elevated, 2 and 4 weakly elevated, 3 nearly obsolete; sutural margin weakly carinate.

Leg: femora and tibiae unarmed; mesotibia weakly curved; femurfemur:
largest part of the leg; more or less cylindrical, attached at base to trochanter and at apex to tibia
punctate; apical tarsomere with one claw.

Distribution

Paraguay.

World Fauna

Described species: 1- Anisochalepus reimoseri (Staines 2012).

Hosts

Unknown.

References

Spaeth, F. 1937. Über die von Regierungsrat E. Reimoser in Argentinien und Paraguay 1907 and 1908 gesammelten Hispinen (Col. Chrysom.). Annalen des NaturhistorischenMuseum in Wien 48:143-166.

Staines, C. L. 2012. Tribe Chalepini. Catalog of the hispines of the world (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). http://entomology.si.edu/Collections_Coleoptera.html

Uhmann, E. 1940. Die Klauen der Hispinen. 90. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Col. Chrys.). Zoologischer Anzeiger 130:119-123.