Oxyroplata Uhmann 1937f: 454 Nomen nudum.
Uroplata bellicosa Baly.
Oxyroplata can be distinguished by the following combination of characters:
Head: medial sulcus present; fronsfrons:
upper anterior portion of head capsule above the clypeus
strongly projecting.
Antenna: with 8‑antennomeres, compressed; antennomere 1 subglobular, slightly compressed laterally; 2 transverse, shortest; 3 large, laterally compressed, almost as long as 4 and 5 combined; 4 to 7 transverse, decreasing in width and length; 8 elongate, acutely pointed at apex.
Pronotum: longer than wide; widest at base; tooth present in anterior angle; basal impression present.
Scutellum: quadrate.
Elytron: lateral margin dentate, margined; apical margin laminate, strongly dentate, subcordate‑emarginate; with 10 rows of punctures; 4 costae, 2 and 4 strongly elevated, 1 complete, 3 visible at base and apex.
Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Panamá, Peru.
Described species: 4 (Staines 2012). Key to species: none.
Banisteria (Malpighiaceae).
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. 1937f. Amerikanische Hispinen aus dem Zoologischen Museum der Universität Berlin. VI. Teil. Die Gattung Uroplata Chap. 68. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand 3:451‑467.
Uhmann, E. 1940e. Die Genotypen der von mir aufgestellten Hispinen-Gattung. 88. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Col. Chrys.). Entomologisk Tidskrift 61:143-144.