Ovotispa L. Medvedev 1992b: 149

Synonomys

None.

Type Species

Leptispa atricolor Pic.

Diagnosis

Ovotispa can be distinguished by the following combination of characters:

• body elongate-ovate, convex
• lateral margin of 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 elytra without long, stiff spines
• head without frontal horn between antennae, clypeusclypeus:
  usually quadrangular, elongate; joined to the labrum
  large
• pronotum pronotum:
  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 seta in anterior angle
• elytra without tooth-like projection at apex, without tubercles or costae
• mesosternum mesosternum:
  narrow between middle coxae, separated from metasternum by a transverse suture; forming the anterior part of the middle coxal cavities
  short
• apex of mesotibia reaches beyond hind coxa

Description

Body elongate-ovate; convex; color metallic blue.

Head: large; vertexvertex:
occupies the area behind and between the eyes
sparsely punctate, medial sulcus absent; eyeeye:
elongate, slightly prominent, multifaceted; usually slightly kidney-shaped
elongate-oval, flattened.

Antenna: with 11-antennomeres; reaches to base of 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
.

Pronotum: transverse; convex; lateral margin slightly sinuate; anterior angle rounded; anterior margin emarginate medially; posterior margin bisinuate; surface irregularly punctate; basal impression absent.

Scutellum: quadrate; impunctate.

Elytron: expanding apically; lateral margin smooth; exterior apical angle rounded; apex rounded, apical margin smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded; finely punctate-striate.

Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; mesosternummesosternum:
narrow between middle coxae, separated from metasternum by a transverse suture; forming the anterior part of the middle coxal cavities
short; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially.

Leg: short, robust; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; apex of mesotibia reaches beyond coxacoxa:
located in coxal cavity, spherical
.

Distribution

China, Vietnam.

World Fauna

Described species: 1- Ovotispa atricolor (Pic) (Staines 2012).

Hosts

Unknown.

References

Medvedev, L. N. 1992b. Revision of the subfamily Hispinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in the fauna of Vietnam. Part 1. pp. 127-156 In L. N. Medvedev (ed). Systematization and ecology of insects of Vietnam. Nauka, Moscow. 264 pp. [in Russian]

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