Craspedonispa Weise 1910a: 125

Synonomys

None.

Type Species

Craspedonispa modesta Weise.

Diagnosis

Craspedonispa 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, distinctly 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 1 regular costa, humerus rounded without spine or tooth
• the antennae thickened at apex, with 11-antennomeres, filiform
• leg with apical tarsomere bearing 2 claws
• anterior margin of prosternumprosternum:
  contains two anterior coxal cavities
  not expanding toward mouth

Description

Body moderately elongate, almost parallel, slightly convex.

Head: clypeusclypeus:
usually quadrangular, elongate; joined to the labrum
triangular.

Antenna: with 11-antennomeres, moderately short, filiform; apical 5 antennomeres thickened.

Pronotum: 2x as wide as long, narrowing basally; lateral margin rounded, broadly and conspicuously margined.

Scutellum: wider than long; narrowing behind; apex rounded.

Elytron: wider than 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
; parallel‑sided; lateral margin with tooth; apex narrowed, conjointly rounded; with 10 rows of punctures plus scutellar row, punctures close together; punctures of row 10 transverse and reach to lateral margin; unicostate.

Venter: prosternumprosternum:
contains two anterior coxal cavities
narrowed between coxae.

Leg: moderately short.

Distribution

Brazil, Trinidad.

World Fauna

Described species: 2 (Staines 2012). Key: none.

Hosts

Saccharum (Poaceae).

References

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

Weise, J. 1910a. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der amerikanischen Hispinen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 76:67-127.