Calliaspis

Borowiec, L., 2003, A new species of Calliaspis Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from French Guyana, Zootaxa 148, pp. 1-6 : 4-5

Key to species of Calliaspis

1 Elytra partly or completely red or yellowish­red, sometimes with indistinct metal­ lic tint ..................................................................................................................... 2

­ Elytra completely or mostly brown, black or metallic, sometimes with pale spot 11

2(1) Elytral margins distinctly punctate ........................................................................ 3

­ Elytral margins impunctate .................................................................................... 4

3(2) Elytra uniformly red; Guyana...................................................... substriata Spaeth

­ Elytral disc partly with indistinct metallic blue tint; Peru...... cyaneomicans Spaeth

4(2) Pronotum partly black ............................................................................................ 5

­ Pronotum uniformly yellowish­red to red, or only base of disc partly infuscate .. 6

5(4) Elytra unevenly convex, disc with distinct postscutellar tubercle. Large, length 6.6 mm; French Guyana................................................................... cerdai sp. nov.

­ Elytra evenly convex, disc without postscutellar elevation. Small, length 5.3­6.1 mm; Suriname..................................................................... surinamensis Borowiec

6(4) Antennae elongate, segments 8­9 distinctly longer than wide ............................. 7

­ Antennae short and stout, segments 8­9 slightly wider than long; Ecuador............. ............................................................................ sachaensis Borowiec et Stojczew

7(6) Elytra distinctly unevenly convex, disc with distinct postscutellar tubercle ........ 8

­ Elytra evenly or only slightly unevenly convex, disc at most with very low posts­ cutellar elevation .................................................................................................... 9

8(7) Large, length 7.0­ 8.8 mm. Basal part of pronotal and elytral disc infuscate. Ground colour of dorsum yellowish­red; Brazil.......................... umbonata Hincks

­ Small, length 5.3 mm. Dorsum uniformly purple red; Ecuador............................... ...................................................................... wegrzynowiczi Borowiec et Stojczew

9(8) Two apical antennal segments infuscate to black ................................................ 10

­ Antennae uniformly yellowish red; Brazil.................................... coccinea Spaeth

10(9) Pronotum simply coarsely punctuate; Brazil, Ecuador, French Guyana................. .......................................................................................................... rubra (Olivier)

­ Pronotum dubly, coarsely and finely, punctuate; Brazil, French Guyana, Suriname.............................................................................................. cinnabarina Boheman

11(1) At least pronotal and elytral disc of same colour ................................................ 12

­ Pronotum yellowish red, elytral disc mostly metallic blue; Brazil, French Guyana......................................................................................................... nimbata (Perty)

12(11) Antennae very short and stout, segments 8­9 at most as wide as long ................ 13

­ Antennae elongate and slim, segments 8­9 longer than wide .............................. 14

13(12) Dorsum deep black, thorax partly black. Elytral disc slightly unevenly convex, with low postscutellar elevation; Brazil, Peru........................... brevicornis Spaeth

­ Dorsum brown, thorax yellowish. Elytral disc evenly convex; Brazil.................... ....................................................................................................... sahlbergi Spaeth

14(12) Pronotum unicolours, without yellow margin ..................................................... 15

­ Pronotum with yellow margin ............................................................................. 16

15(14) Elytra at base with yellow spot; French Guyana.................... discophora Boheman

­ Elytra at base without pale spot; Franch Guyana.................... funeraria Boheman

16(14) Antennae uniformly yellow ................................................................................ 17

­ Apical antennal segments infuscate to black ....................................................... 18

17(16) Thorax completely yellow; Bolivia............................................. bicolor Boheman

­ Thorax partly black; Bolivia................................................. testaceicornis (Weise)

18(16) Small, length 4.3­4.8 mm. Principal impression of elytral disc shallow. Intervals without punctures or with irregular micropunctation only .................................. 19

­ Large, length 4.9­5.7 mm. Principal impression of elytral disc deep. Intervals with two more or less regular rows of very fine punctures; Brazil.. limbaticollis Spaeth

19(18) Prosternum black. Elytra without yellow margin; Bolivia, Peru... andicola Spaeth

­ Prosternum yellow. Elytra with yellow margin; Brazil................... bohemani Baly