Stoiba fimbrialis (Suffrian, 1868)

Shin, Chulwoo & Chaboo, Caroline S., 2012, A revision and phylogenetic analysis of Stoiba Spaeth 1909 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), ZooKeys 224, pp. 1-36 : 12-13

Stoiba fimbrialis (Suffrian, 1868)

Chelymorpha fimbrialis Suffrian 1868: 241 [original description]; Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3640 [catalog]; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 458 [list of the West Indies Coleoptera ]; Spaeth 1914: 58 [catalog]; Blackwelder 1946: 745 [checklist]; Wilcox 1975: 152 [checklist].

Stoiba fimbrialis : Borowiec 1999: 130 [catalog]; Takizawa 2003: 106 [checklist]; Borowiec and Świętojańska 2012 [online catalog].

Type material.

Unknown

Type locality.

“Cuba”

Description

(from original description by Suffrian 1868). Adult length 5.7 mm, width 3.8 mm. Body oval, convex, blue. Head, antennae, pronotum, legs, elytral lateral margin dusky, densely and deeply punctured. The background color is deep blue; venter is black; head (except for black eyes), antennae, lateral margin of pronotum (moderately broad, curved upward) and legs (except for infuscate base) yellowish red; posterior edges of ventrites yellowish red and tan with posterior edge slightly raised. Antennae shorter and stockier than other Stoiba species, pronotum shiny, sparsely punctate with medio-longitudinal depression. Scutellum short and broad, bluish black with brown center. Elytra densely and coarsely punctate, sieve-like (as surface of a thimble) with lateral margin extended beyond discal edge and having discontiguous wrinkles. Claws tanned, hook-shaped with strong basal teeth.

Distribution.

“Cuba”

Remark.

According to the original description, the coloration and surface of Stoiba fimbrialis is very similar to Stoiba marginata . However, the type specimen is missing and no figures of Stoiba fimbrialis exist. It is possible that they are the same species. In this case, Stoiba marginata would be a junior synonym of Stoiba fimbrialis .