Monotalla lecticofolia 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 : 122

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Monotalla lecticofolia Konstantinov, Linzmeier, Clark & Ivie sp. n. Figs 22-26

Description.

Body length: 1.42-1.43 mm, width: 1.98-1.10 mm. Color blackish with light bluish metallic luster. Ventral side and appendages light brown or amber. Distance between eyes about 2 times wider than transverse diameter of eye. Punctures on vertex much smaller than distance between them. Pronotal punctures sparse, slightly elongate in shape, their transverse diameter much smaller than distance between them. Elytral punctures relatively large, forming well developed rows. Distance between punctures in rows about as great as their diameter. Distance between rows greater than diameter of punctures. Lateral side of metatibia deeply and coarsely dentate. Apicomedial metatibial denticle shorter than metatibial spur. Aedeagus robust, without impression ventrally.

Comments.

In the key to Monotalla species Monotalla lecticofolia ends up in the same couplet with Monotalla guadeloupensis . It can be separated by the following characters: punctures on vertex much smaller than distance between them and aedeagus robust, without impression ventrally. In Monotalla guadeloupensis , punctures on vertex about as large as distance between them; aedeagus slender, with shallow and wide impression ventrally.

Etymology.

This species name comes from Latin words “lectico” to collect something from somewhere and “folia” leaf.

Type material: Holotype, male: 1) St. Lucia: Piton Troumasse trap site. 793m, 13.8535°N, 61.0098°W, 22-30 JUNE 2009 malaise, C. A. Maier & M. L. Gimmel (WIBF, to be deposited in the USNM). Paratypes, male, the same label as the holotype (WIBF). The specimens are provided with one additional label (Holotype or Paratype respectively) Monotalla lecticofolia Konstantinov et al. 2015.