Pseudimatidium limbatellum

Pseudimatidium limbatellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Pseudimatidium
Species:	P. limbatellum
Binomial name
Pseudimatidium limbatellum (Boheman, 1862)
Synonyms
Himatidium limbatellaBoheman, 1862 Demotispa limbatella [1]

Pseudimatidium limbatellum is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.

Description

The antennae are slender, filiform and more than half the length of the body. The thorax is twice as broad as long, the sides straight and slightly diverging from the base nearly to the middle, then broadly rounded and converging to the apex, with the posterior angle acute. The upper surface is broadly reflexed on the sides, smooth and impunctate on the anterior disc, sparingly impressed with deep punctures at the base and towards the lateral margin. The elytra are broader than the thorax, subquadrate-ovate and distinctly punctate-striate, the striae near the outer limb sulcate. The interspaces are distinctly but finely punctured, faintly rugulose on the anterior disc. The outer limb is reflexed, smooth and impunctate. ^[2]

Biology

The food plant is unknown. ^[3]

References

1. Sekerka, L. (2014). "Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 54 (1): 257–314. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.