Heptatomispa Uhmann 1940e: 143

Synonomys

Heptatomispa Uhmann 1932a: 37 Nomen nudum.

Type Species

Heptatomispa kesseli Uhmann.

Diagnosis

Heptatomispa 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
• the apex of the elytra without a tooth-like projection
• the elytra with 8 rows of punctures at base, expands to 10 on apical ½ with 3 regular costae
• the antennae thickened at apex, not clavate, with 7-antennomeres, antennomeres 1 to 6 transverse, 11 rounded at apex
• the prosternumprosternum:
  contains two anterior coxal cavities
  does not expand anteriorly to partly cover the mouth

Description

Small, parallel‑sided.

Head: medial sulcus absent; vertexvertex:
occupies the area behind and between the eyes
with depression behind eyeeye:
elongate, slightly prominent, multifaceted; usually slightly kidney-shaped
; surface micropunctate.

Antenna: with 7‑antennomeres, large; antennomeres 1 to 6 transverse, punctate; 7 thick, oval; 6 not as long as preceding two combined, transverse.

Pronotum: convex; alutaceous; with large punctures, along base arranged in two rows.

Elytron: with 8 rows of punctures at base, expands to 10 on apical ½; 4 costae, 1, 2, and 4 entire; surface alutaceous.

Distribution

Brazil.

World Fauna

Described species: 1- Heptatomispa kesseli Uhmann (Staines 2012).

Hosts

Unknown.

References

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. 1932a. Hispinen aus Brasilien, gesammelt von Herrn Pfarrer Kessel. 36. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Col. Chrys.). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 3:36-38.

Uhmann, E. 1940e. Die Genotypen der von mir aufgestellten Hispinen-Gattung. 88. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Col. Chrys.). Entomologisk Tidskrift 61:143-144.