Stoiba barroi Zayas, 1952

Shin, Chulwoo & Chaboo, Caroline S., 2012, A revision and phylogenetic analysis of Stoiba Spaeth 1909 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), ZooKeys 224, pp. 1-36 : 8-10

Stoiba barroi Zayas, 1952 Figure 2

Stoiba barroi Zayas 1952: 72 [original description including figure]; Wilcox 1975: 151 [checklist]; Borowiec 1999: 130 [catalog]; Takizawa 2003: 105 [checklist]; Borowiec and Świętojańska 2012 [online catalog].

Type material.

Holotype (Fig. 2).

Type locality. Cuba: Prov. Granma or Santiago de Cuba: Sierra Maestra, between Loma Pico Palma Mocha and Pico Biscupe de Joaquín, 3500 ft (see “Remarks” portion below).

Diagnosis

(from original description by Zayas 1952). Stoiba barroi is the largest among the Cuban species, similar to Stoiba flavicollis but separated by coloration of antennae, head, and legs. Stoiba barroi is also similar to Stoiba bruneri but distinguished by the color of the elytra, which is clearly blue, and the colors of head and legs, which are also conspicuous. Compared to Stoiba clarildae , Stoiba barroi is more elongated and differs in colors of head, legs, and antennae.

Description

(from original description by Zayas 1952). Adult length 10.0 mm, width 8.0 mm. Body robust, strongly convex with antennomere XI and elytra matte black; legs dark ferruginous; lateral margin of pronotum dark yellow, depressed and convex at edge. Head concealed in dorsal view. Pronotum broadly expanded, lateral margin very upturned with well-marked transverse furrow between pronotal disc and scutellum; surface finely wrinkled with scattered punctures, faintly printed; wrinkles almost imperceptible on discal area, conspicuous at the edges. Elytra strongly convex with expanded margins and elytral suture significantly lifted; surface slightly rough as on pronotum and more densely and roughly punctate.

Distribution.

Cuba: Prov. Granma or Santiago de Cuba.

Remarks.

According to the photograph of the holotype of Stoiba barroi (Fig. 2), it is easily distinguished from Stoiba bruneri by brown antennomere XI (black in Stoiba bruneri ). The locality information in the original description ( Zayas 1952) is not precise enough to define the province. We indicated two provinces (Granma or Santiago de Cuba) based on the collecting locality data.