Taiwanaenidea Kimoto

Lee, Chi-Feng & Beenen, Ron, 2015, Revision of Taiwanaenidea Kimoto, 1984 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Zootaxa 4020 (1), pp. 153-168 : 155

Genus Taiwanaenidea Kimoto

Taiwanaenidea Kimoto, 1984: 50 (type species Taiwanaenidea strigosa Kimoto, 1984 )

The genus is among Luperini defined by the following characteristics: legs with appendiculate claws; the posterior tibia lack an apical spine and have metatarsi with first segment shorter than the subsequent combined. The anterior coxal cavities are closed posteriorly. The pronotum has two shallow impressions and the basal and lateral borders are clearly margined; the front border shows only a minute margin. The elytra have clear humeri and are sparsely covered with fine and long setae.

Kimoto (1984) compared the genus with Hoplosaenidea Laboissière, 1933 but fails to refer to the resemblance to Theopea Baly, 1864 . Taiwanaenidea lacks the apical spine on the posterior tibia which is evident in the other two genera. Hoplosaenidea has elytra confusedly punctured; in both Taiwananidea and Theopea the punctures are more or less arranged in rows: very regular in Theopea and especially on the sutural part of the elytra less regular in Taiwanaenidea .