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Homalispa Baly 1858:33.

Body oval or oblong-oval, rather flat. Head: small; eyes elongate; frons depressed; front obliquely directed forward; labrum large, visible from above; mandibles long, bidentate; labrum large, almost as long as wide; clypeus short, with one narrow cross striation, which is ledge-shaped and bent upwards, mouth projecting forward; head retractable. Antennae: thin filiform; inserted in a frontal depression; not separated by a keel, segment III longest. Pronotum: transverse; sides convergent toward apex; anterior margin angularly pointed, narrower than elytra. Scutellum: pentagonal, cuspidate behind. Elytra: wider than pronotum; constricted behind humeri; 10 1/2 rows of punctures, humeri impunctate; margins serrate.

Key to the Homalispa known from La Selva

1. Elytra metallic blue sp. 1

Elytra yellowish with black markings 2

2. Antennae entirely black; scutellum yellow nevermanni

Antennae not entirely black; scutellum black gracilis

Species known from La Selva:

Homalispa gracilis Baly

Homalispa nevermanni Uhmann

Homalispa sp.1 

Page authors:

C. L. Staines, 3302 Decker Place, Edgewater MD 21037. Staines.Charles@NMNH.SI.EDU

John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu