Brontispa, Sharp, 1904

Borowiec, Lech, Świętojańska, Jolanta & Sekerka, Lukáš, 2019, Revision of the tribe Cryptonychini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4690 (1), pp. 1-71 : 6

Key to species of Brontispa

1. Anterior corners of pronotum subhorizontal and distinctly projecting laterally, not continuous with anterior margin through small denticle or notch ( Figs 13 , 20); frontoclypeus impuctate or finely punctate ( Figs 12 , 19); smaller species, length below 10 mm ................................................................................................. 2

- Anterior corners of pronotum weakly projecting laterally and forming continuous line with anterior margin ( Fig. 5 ); frontoclypeus with several coarse punctures ( Fig. 3 ); larger species, length 13 mm ............................. B. caledonica sp. nov.

2. Frontoclypeus without deep foveae ( Fig. 12 ); antennomere II short, 0.3 × as long as antennomere I ( Fig. 11 ); apex of elytra with sharp or denticulate sutural angle and emarginate apical margin; body yellow, frons brown, pronotum with apical dark patch, elytra either largely dark brown or yellow with central brown spot but never with stripes ( Figs 9, 10 ); larger species, length 8.00– 9.50 mm .................................................................. B. longissima ( Gestro, 1885)

- Frontoclypeus with pair of deep foveae apically (Fig. 19); antennomere II elongate, 0.8 × as long as antennomere I ( Fig. 18 ); apex of elytra with straight sutural angle and broadly rounded lateral angle; body yellow, each elytron with dark brown stripe on rows 3–5 (Figs 16, 17); smaller species, length 5.10–6.80 mm ........................... B. veitchiae Gressitt, 1960

Figures

FIGURES 9–15. Brontispa longissima (Gestro, 1885). 9–10. Body dorsal, 11. Antenna, 12. Frontoclypeus and prosternum, 13. Pronotum, 14. Head dorsal, 15. Fore leg.

FIGURES 1–8. Brontispa caledonica sp. nov,. 1. Body of female dorsal, 2. Antenna, 3. Frontoclypeus and prosternum, 4. Head dorsal, 5. Pronotum, 6. Fore leg of female, 7. Mid leg of female, 8. Hind leg of female.

FIGURES 182–185. Teretrispa orchidaceae Gressitt, 1960, holotype. 182. Body dorsal, 183.Antenna, head and pronotum, 184. Frontoclypeus and prosternum, 185. Holotype labels. Photos provided by MNHN