Pseudocallispa Uhmann 1930-1932: 6

Synonomys

None.

Type Species

Pseudocallispa schultzei Uhmann.

Diagnosis

Pseudocallispa can be distinguished by the following combination of characters:

• body oval, 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
• 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 each posterior angle, anterior angle distinctly rounded
• elytra with scutellar row of punctures
• antennomere 3 not 3x length of 2
• tarsomere 2 not concealed by setae of tarsomere 3
• head with quadrate projection between antennae
• lateral and apical margins of elytra laminate

Description

Oval; convex; shining; head and antennae black, 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
reddish, elytra metallic blue.

Head: with large quadrate projection between antennae; vertexvertex:
occupies the area behind and between the eyes
sparsely punctate; constricted behind eyes; labrumlabrum:
triangular, joined to the clypeus and the oral orifice
large; mandible hidden.

Antenna: quadrate; male with antennomere 1 large, incrassate; 2 transverse, very short; 3 to 5 with strong tooth on inner apical angle; 6 to 8 transverse; 9 and 10 nearly transverse; 11 elongate, pointed at apex. Female with antennomere 1 2x wide as long, narrowing apically; 2 quadrate, short; 3 subequal in length to 1, cylindrical; 4 short; 5 to 8 transverse; 9 and 10 nearly transverse; 11 elongate, pointed at apex.

Pronotum: quadrate; much narrower than base of elytra; lateral margin rounded, converging from base to apex; anterior angle with acute tooth; anterior margin curved; posterior margin bisinuate; posterior angle acute; surface irregularly punctate.

Scutellum: semicircular; impunctate.

Elytron: convex; depressed along suture; apex rounded; punctures in more or less regular rows, more irregular laterally, scutellar row absent.

Venter: shining; prosternumprosternum:
contains two anterior coxal cavities
strongly punctate laterally; mesosternummesosternum:
narrow between middle coxae, separated from metasternum by a transverse suture; forming the anterior part of the middle coxal cavities
large, quadrate, with swelling near apex; metasternum with 2 diagonal carinae.

Distribution

Philippines.

World Fauna

Described species: 1- Pseudocallispa schultzei Uhmann (Staines 2012).

Hosts

Unknown.

References

Staines, C. L. 2012. Tribe Callispini. 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.