Clinocarinispa Uhmann 1935j: 227

Synonomys

None.

Type Species

Odontota sauveuri Chapuis.

Diagnosis

Clinocarinispa 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 8 rows of punctures and a short scutellar row and 3 regular costae, humerus rounded without spine or tooth
• the antennae not thickened at apex, with 11-antennomeres
• leg with apical tarsomere bearing 2 claws
• anterior margin of prosternumprosternum:
  contains two anterior coxal cavities
  not expanding toward mouth

Description

Head: medial sulcus present; rounded depression present on vertexvertex:
occupies the area behind and between the eyes
; clypeusclypeus:
usually quadrangular, elongate; joined to the labrum
smooth, sparsely setose.

Antenna: with 11‑antennomeres, fusiform, not thickened at apex, slightly compressed laterally, striate; antennomere 1 subglobular; 2 transverse; 3 to 5 cylindrical, 3 longest; 6 to 10 transverse; 11 pointed at apex; 7 to 11 pubescent.

Pronotum: longer than wide, convex, uniformly punctate; basal impression present; longitudinal medial carina present.

Scutellum: subquadrate.

Elytron: subparallel, slightly divergent posteriorly; lateral margin smooth; apical margin dentate; with 8 rows of punctures plus scutellar row, with some additional puncture rows on humerus; tricostate.

Leg: tarsal claws with two teeth.

Venter: prosternumprosternum:
contains two anterior coxal cavities
elevated between front coxae, depressed toward mouth, not projecting forward.

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad.

World Fauna

Described species: 6 (Staines 2012). Key: Ramos 1996.

Hosts

Bambusa (Poaceae).

References

Ramos, T. C. 1996. Revisão do gênero Clinocarispa Uhmann, 1935 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Hispinae, Chalepini). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 40:367-374.

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. 1935j. Sudamerikanische Hispinen aus dem Zoologischen Museum der Universität Berlin. II. Teil. Clinocarispa und Anoplitis. 56. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Col. Chrys.). Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica 8:227-235.