Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Narrowly elongate; pale yellow with black maculae on pronotum and elytra; antennae, except segments I and XI black. Head: vertex smooth; fine medial sulcus present; frons not projecting. Antennae: segment I cylindrical, subequal in length to III; II transverse; III cylindrical; IV-X transverse, subequal in length; XI rounded at apex, elongate, subequal in length to I and III; I-II yellowish, rest darker; IV-XI setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; nearly impunctate; macula subtriangular, extends from apical margin 3/4 towards basal margin; sides margined, straight and parallel for basal 3/4, then rounded and convergent; apical and basal margins black; anterior angles rounded, not produced; posterior angles rectangular. Scutellum: yellow, acutely triangular. Elytra: sides margined, smooth, black; regularly punctate-striate, punctures moderately impressed; apices cojointly rounded; humeral macula subquadrate, from puncture row 2 to side margin; medial macula from suture to side margins. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna smooth; abdominal sterna setose; segments 1 and 2 not fused in middle. Legs: tibiae dentate at apex, with setae at apex. Total length: 6.1-7.1 mm.
Adults collected on H. latispatha. |
Page authors:
C. L. Staines, 3302 Decker Place, Edgewater MD 21037
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu
Maylin Paniagua and Nelci Oconitrillo, La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica
Last modified: 21 August 1997