Wallacispa Uhmann 1930-1932: 40 Nomen nudum.
Waklacispa Uhmann (misspelling).
Wallacispa tibialis Uhmann.
Wallacispa can be distinguished by the following combination of characters:
Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; small; color brownish-yellow; total length 5.0 mm.
Head: vertexvertex:
occupies the area behind and between the eyes
rounded, impunctate; clypeusclypeus:
usually quadrangular, elongate; joined to the labrum
absent or very narrow; eyeeye:
elongate, slightly prominent, multifaceted; usually slightly kidney-shaped
large, convex.
Antenna: short; with 11-antennomeres; antennomeres 1 and 2 subequal in length, incrassate; 8 to 11 pubescent.
Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight, smooth; anterior angle rounded; anterior margin curved; posterior angle with small tooth; posterior margin bisinuate; convex; surface irregularly punctate; basal impression absent.
Scutellum: quadrate; rounded at apex.
Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; exterior apical angle rounded; apex rounded; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; with 8 rows of punctures, rows 5 to 8 reduced to 2 rows after middle; tricostate.
Leg: short; robust; tarsi with 2 claws.
Indonesia, Philippines.
Described species: 2 (Staines 2012). Key: none.
Metroxylon (Arecaceae).
Staines, C. L. 2012. Tribe Gonophorini. Catalog of the hispines of the world (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). http://entomology.si.edu/Collections_Coleoptera.html
Uhmann, E. 1930-1932. Philippinische Hispinen aus W. Schultzes Sammlung nebst Arten anderer Forscher. Neue Beiträge Zur Systematischen Insektenkunde 4:252-254; 5:1-15; 6:34-48; 6:49-61.
Uhmann, E. 1940e. Die Genotypen der von mir aufgestellten Hispinen-Gattung. 88. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Col. Chrys.). Entomologisk Tidskrift 61:143-144.