Hybosispa truncatipennis ( Baly, 1869 ) Sekerka, 2017

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2017, Taxonomic changes within Imatidiini and Hybosispini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57 (2), pp. 351-380 : 377

Hybosispa truncatipennis ( Baly, 1869) comb. nov.

( Fig. 22 )

Cephaloleia truncatipennis Baly, 1869: 371 (original description).

Type locality. ‘Upper Amazons’.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: pinned, ‘ Type | H.T. [w, p, cb, circular label with red frame] || Baly Coll. [w, p, cb] || Cephaloleia | truncatipennis | Baly | Upper Amazons [g, hw by Baly, cb]’ ( BMNH).

Remarks. BALY (1869) described C. truncatipennis presumably based on a single specimen as he gave just a single length and mentioned only a female. The species was only listed in catalogues since its description until STAINES & GARCÍA- ROBLEDO (2014) who included it in their revision of Cephaloleia and reported one specimen from Capella in Brazil. However based on the photograph presented in the revision (STAINES & GARCÍA- ROBLEDO 2014: 314, Fig. 258) the specimen was misidentified and belonged to another species of Cephaloleia . The redescription of C. truncatipennis is also not in full agreement with the holotype and seems to combine characters of both specimens thus may not be reliable.

The holotype ( Fig. 22 ) has anterior corners of pronotum clearly without any seta and head just like the other species of Hybosispa therefore I hereby transfer it to the latter genus. The species is thus far known only from the single specimen collected by H. W. Bates in the Upper Amazons. Unfortunately no precise data are available for it and thus whether it was captured in Brazil or in Peru is unknown.

Distribution. Amazonas state of Brazil or Region of Loreto in Peru.

Figures

Figs 15–22. 15 – Cephaloleia cyanea Staines, 1996 (holotype, 4.0 mm); 16 – Xenispa gilvipes (Uhmann, 1930) (holotype, 4.4 mm); 17 – Xenispa pulchella Baly, 1859 (holotype, 7.7 mm); 18 – Xenispa fouquei sp. nov. (♂ paratype from the type locality, 6.9 mm); 19 – Xenispa argentina (Monrós & Viana, 1947) (holotype, 5.1 mm); 20 – Hybosispa delectabilis (Staines, 1996) (holotype, 3.9 mm); 21 – Hybosispa sulciceps (Baly, 1885) (syntype, BMNH, 3.1 mm); 22 – Hybosispa truncatipennis (Baly, 1869) (holotype, 6.75 mm).