Xenispa elegans ( Baly, 1875 ), 2014

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2014, Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (1), pp. 257-314 : 305-306

Xenispa elegans ( Baly, 1875) stat. restit. & comb. nov.

Demotispa elegans Baly, 1875: 75 (type locality: ‘Ecuador’; ST in BMNH).

Remarks. This species was synonymized with X. cyanipennis by SPAETH (1938), however, the latter has uniformly yellow antennae and much coarser punctation of the elytra. I was not able to locate the type specimen(s) in BMNH, however, I have seen several specimens collected recently in Ecuador, and they perfectly agree with the primary description, having bicolorous antennae, coarser punctation and being somewhat narrower. Therefore I restore species status of X. elegans and Ecuador is removed from the range of X. cyanipennis .

Distribution. Ecuador ( BALY 1875).