Pseudostilpnaspis Borowiec 2000: 162

Synonomys

None.

Type Species

Stilpnaspis columbica Weise.

Diagnosis

Pseudostilpnaspis 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; mouthparts not projecting forward, interantennal carina not distinct
• 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 without costae, rounded, posterior margin smooth
• the antennae with 11-antennomeres, filiform, antennomeres 1 and 2 subglobular

Description

Body elongate, almost parallel-sided or slightly narrowed posteriorly.

Head: interantennal area narrow (not wider than first antennal antennomere), flat or slightly convex, not carinate.

Antenna: with 11-antennomeres; antennomeres 1 to 2 short, subglobular; 3 distinctly longer than 2; 1 to 2 sparsely pubescent and shiny, 3 to11 densely pubescent, dull.

Pronotum: widest at base, slightly narrower than base of elytra; sides on basal 1/3 parallel or slightly converging anteriorly; explanate sides very narrow, not wider than width of antennomeres.

Elytron: with 10 rows of lightly impressed punctures plus short scutellar row; explanate margin narrow, at widest not wider than two elytral intervals combined.

Distribution

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá.

World Fauna

Described species: 4 (Staines 2012). Key to species: None.

Hosts

Unknown.

References

Borowiec, L. 2000. Notes on the genus Stilpnaspis Weise, with a description of Pseudostilpnaspis, new genus and eleven new species of the tribe Imatidiini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: cassidoid Hispinae). Genus 11:147-195.

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