Monotalla viridis Konstantinov, Linzmeier, Clark & Ivie

Konstantinov, Alexander S., Linzmeier, Adelita M., Clark, Shawn M. & Ivie, Michael A., 2015, Review of the West Indian genus Monotalla Bechyne (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) with description of five new species, ZooKeys 505, pp. 117-136 : 125-126

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Monotalla viridis Konstantinov, Linzmeier, Clark & Ivie sp. n. Figs 45-49

Description.

Body length: 1.25 mm, width: 0.88 mm. Elytron with light greenish luster. Ventral side and appendages light brown or amber. Distance between eyes slightly less than 2 times wider than transverse diameter of eye. Punctures on vertex well defined, sparse, smaller than distance between them. Pronotal punctures sparse, slightly elongate in shape, their transverse diameter much smaller than distance between them. Elytral punctures slightly larger than those on pronotum, forming rows. Distance between punctures in rows smaller than or as great as their diameter. Distance between rows greater than diameter of punctures. Lateral side of metatibia with relatively large denticles. Metatibial spur curved, projecting beyond denticle situated on apex of inner side of metatibia. Aedeagus more or less robust, without impression ventrally, nearly straight in lateral view.

Comments.

Monotalla viridis can be separated from all other Monotalla species based on the light greenish color of the elytra.

Etymology.

This species is named after its light greenish color.

Type material.

Holotype, male: 1) St. Lucia: Piton St. Esprit trap site. 571m, 13.8493°N, 60.9795°W, 29 MAY 2009. ex. tree moss C. A. Maier; 2) Holotype Monotalla viridis Konstantinov et al. 2015 (WIBF, to be deposited in the USNM).