Sceloenopla lampyridiformis Staines 2002

Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia


Morphology. Lampyrid-like; first seven antennomeres bicolored; head black with reddish markings; pronotum yellow-ochre with rosaceous blush with black longitudinal medial vitta from basal 3/4 toward anterior margin; elytra dark yellowish-brown or brown with yellow-ochre vitta; legs with profemora yellow-ochre, dark at apex, with rest of leg dark; middle and hind legs dark. Head: vertex with fovea present; carina present near base of antennae; scattered punctures present near eyes; surface alutaceous; frons angulate, punctate. Antenna: antennomere I subglobose; II transverse; III cylindrical, subequal in length to I and II; IV-V cuspidate; VI-VII transverse; VIII-X cylindrical; XI pointed at apex; I-VII dark basally, pale apically; VIII-XI finely setose. Pronotum: lateral margin straight and divergent for basal 1/2, then expanded and rounded at apex; large tooth present in each anterior angle; disc convex, with medial longitudinal sulcus; scattered punctures present on disc and near lateral margins. Scutellum: quadrate; micropunctate. Elytron: humerus produced, angulate; lateral margin laminate, expanded, smooth; widest just behind humeri where lamina begins; exterior apical angle with backwardly directed tooth; apical margin sinuate, slightly emarginate at suture, with small tooth; interspace 2 wide, costate (yellow vitta following costa); with 10 rows of foveolate punctures; puncture row 10 removed from lateral margin. Venter: prosternum rosaceous with black along basal margin laterally; meso- and metasterna rosaceous medially, black laterally; mesosternum punctate laterally; abdominal sterna yellow-ochre with black markings; suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 obsolete in middle. Leg: profemur with tooth near apex; coxa with meron. Total length: 9.2 mm.

Biology. This species is a leaf-miner in an unidentified species of Visaceae.


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

Maylin Paniagua, La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica


Date of this version: 27 February 2003.
Previous versions of this page: 27 March 1998
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