Stoiba oteroi Zayas, 1952

Shin, Chulwoo & Chaboo, Caroline S., 2012, A revision and phylogenetic analysis of Stoiba Spaeth 1909 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), ZooKeys 224, pp. 1-36 : 17

Stoiba oteroi Zayas, 1952

Stoiba oteroi Zayas 1952: 72 [original description includes figure]; Wilcox 1975: 151 [checklist]; Borowiec 1999: 131 [catalog]; Takizawa 2003: 106 [checklist]; Borowiec and Świętojańska 2012 [online catalog].

Type material.

Unknown.

Type locality.

Cuba: Villa Clara, Lomas de Trinidad.

Description

(from original description by Zayas 1952). Adult length 8.0 mm, width 7.0 mm. Body flattened, rounded, slightly steel black with antennae, head, margin area of pronotum, and legs (except basal half of femora) dull yellow. Head with anterior half visible in dorsal view; antennae short, yellow, brighter distally; eyes black; mandible and palpi ferruginous at apex. Pronotum small, narrow, and short with discal area widely dark stained and with strongly marked longitudinal groove medially; surface sparsely and coarsely punctate, more punctate medially extending posteriorly. Scutellum shiny black. Elytra dark stained as on pronotum, symmetrically and deeply punctured with external margins slightly expanded and declined. Hind wing fully developed. Legs dull yellow with tips of tibiae and femora black.

Distribution.

Cuba: Prov. Villa Clara.