Solenispa Weise 1905g: 53

Synonomys

None.

Type Species

Solenispa impressicollis Weise.

Diagnosis

Solenispa 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
• body elongate, parallel-sided
• the head without a frontal horn; mouthparts not projecting forward
• 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, wider than long
• the apex of the elytra without a tooth-like projection
• the elytra without costae, parallel-sided, posterior margin smooth, much wider than 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
  , base with carina to humerus
• the antennae with 11-antennomeres, filiform

Description

Body long, narrow.

Head: vertexvertex:
occupies the area behind and between the eyes
deeply concave, descending to margin of eyeeye:
elongate, slightly prominent, multifaceted; usually slightly kidney-shaped
; eyeeye:
elongate, slightly prominent, multifaceted; usually slightly kidney-shaped
protruding; clypeusclypeus:
usually quadrangular, elongate; joined to the labrum
with medial carina extending between antennal bases.

Antenna: with 11-antennomeres; antennomeres 1, 3, and 11 longer than others.

Pronotum: longer than wide, completely margined, convex; parallel‑sided; basal impression present; punctate flattened area present near midpoint on each side.

Scutellum: elongate, triangular.

Elytron: lateral and apical margins smooth; apex conjointly rounded; basal margin carinate to humerus; with 10 rows of shallow punctures plus scutellar row.

Venter: epipleura visible from oblique angle; pro‑ and mesocoxae large, globular; prosternumprosternum:
contains two anterior coxal cavities
narrow; with 5 visible abdominal sterna, first two punctate laterally, last three hirsute.

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá.

World Fauna

Described species: 9 (Staines 2012). Key: none.

Hosts

Grasses (Poaceae).

References

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

Weise, J. 1905g. Beschreibung einiger Hispinen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 71:49-104.