Aslamidium (Neoaslamidium) strandi (Uhmann) New Combination

Staines, C. L., 2006, A new combination and two new species of Aslamidium Borowiec (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Zootaxa 1195, pp. 61-68 : 65-67

Aslamidium (Neoaslamidium) strandi (Uhmann) New Combination

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Demothispa strandi Uhmann 1930:213 [Type depository: DEI]; Uhmann 1937:202.

Demotispa strandi Uhmann. Uhmann 1948:218, 1950:336 , 1957:13; Blackwelder 1946:718; Papp 1953:11; Wilcox 1975:136; Flowers & Janzen 1997:353.

Aslamidium strandi (Uhmann) New Combination.

The genus Demotispa has been a catch­all genus for species belonging in Aslamidium Borowiec , Cephaloleia Chevrolat , Parimatidium Spaeth , and Stilpnaspis Weise. This species is congeneric with Aslamidium .

New records

Panama, Bocas del Toro Prov., 750m, 8°49N; 83°12’W, 7 June 1997, D.M. Windsor, from Calathea sp. (STRI, 3) ; Panama, Bocas del Toro Prov., Rio Teribe, Wekso St. ; 9°23N; 82°39W, 22­I­2000, D.M. Windsor (STRI, 2) .

Distribution Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.

Plant associations Spermacoce sp. [ Rubiaceae ] ( Flowers & Janzen 1997), probably not the true host plant; Calathea sp. [ Marantaceae ].

Key to the species of Aslamidium

1. Body broadly oval, elytra rounded at sides, base of elytra only slightly wider than base of pronotum; pronotum trapezoidal with lateral margin regularly converging anteriorly ..................................................................... Aslamidium (s. str.)...2 ­ Body narrow, elytra almost parallel­sided, base of elytra distinctly wider than base of pronotum; pronotum rectangular, lateral margin on basal half nearly parallel or slightly convergent posteriorly ........................... Aslamidium (Neoaslamidium) ...8 2(1). No elytral intervals two times the width of puncture rows; Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.......................... semicirculare (Olivier) ­ Some elytral intervals two times the width of puncture rows ................................ 3 3(2). Elytral intervals near the suture two times the width of puncture rows ................. 4 ­ Elytral intervals on sides two times the width of puncture rows............................ 5 4(3). Antennomeres I and II combined longer than III; explanate margin of elytra coarsely punctate, surface appears partly rugose; Bolivia...... bolivianum Borowiec ­ Antennomeres I and II combined shorter than III; explanate margin of elytra impunctate, smooth; Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela........................ ............................................................................quaturodecimmaculata (Latreille) 5(3). Antennomeres I and II combined longer than III; Ecuador. ecuadoricum Borowiec

­ Antennomeres I and II combined shorter than III .................................................. 6

6(5). Pronotal impressions densely punctate; explanate margin of elytra without transverse bands; Ecuador....................................................................... coca Borowiec

­ Pronotal impressions sparsely punctate; explanate margin of elytra with three complete transverse bands ..................................................................................... 7

7(6). Antennomeres I and II combined longer than IV; explanate margin of elytra coarsely punctate, surface appears partly rugose; Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Peru, Venezuela............................................ capense (Herbst)

­ Antennomeres I and II combined shorter than IV; explanate margin of elytra impunctate, smooth; Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama............................................. impurum (Boheman)

8(1). Lateral margin of pronotum dentate ....................................................................... 9

­ Lateral margin of pronotum smooth ..................................................................... 10

9(8). Antennomere I subequal in length to III; pronotum with small black spot near scutellum; elytra yellow with black transverse bands and spots; Ecuador, Peru...... .................................................................................................... lescheni Borowiec

­ Antennomere I shorter than III; pronotum with medial black vitta; elytra brownish with yellow spots; Colombia, Ecuador, Panama...................................................... ........................................................................ flavomaculata Staines, New Species

10(8). Elytral punctures uniform in size.......................................................................... 11

­ Elytral punctures not uniform in size.................................................................... 12

11(10). Antennomere I subequal in length to III; humeral area of elytra with black spot; Colombia................................................................... lepidum Staines, New Species

­ Antennomere I longer than III; humeral area of elytra with yellow spot; Peru........ .................................................................................................... formosum (Spaeth)

12(10). Elytral punctures smaller on disc than on sides; elytra yellow with black transverse bands and black spots; Ecuador........................................ pichinchaensis Borowiec

­ Elytral punctures larger on disc than on sides; elytra brownish with yellow spots; Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama................................................... strandi (Uhmann)

Figures

FIGURE 3. Aslamidium