Sceloenopla longula

Sceloenopla longula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Sceloenopla
Species:	S. longula
Binomial name
Sceloenopla longula (Baly, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
Cephalodonta elongataBaly, 1885 (not Guérin-Méneville) Cephalodonta longulaBaly, 1886 Cephalodonta elongatulaDonckier, 1899

Sceloenopla longula is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Panama. ^[2]

Description

The antennae are rather more than half the length of the body, filiform and very slightly thickened towards the apex and with the joints cylindrical. The thorax is longer than broad, the sides straight and nearly parallel, very slightly bisinuate, obsoletely angulate, the anterior angle acute. The disc is closely foveolate-punctate. The elytra are broader than the thorax, the sides parallel, slightly constricted in the middle, very slightly dilated posteriorly and with the hinder angle obtuse and the apical margin obtusely rounded, sinuate just within the outer angle. The base has twelve, the middle disc ten, and the hinder disc eleven, regular rows of punctures, the fourth, sixth, and eighth interspaces thickened. The humeral callus is laterally elevated and obtuse. ^[3]

Life history

The recorded host plant is an unidentified Araceae species. ^[2]

References

1. "Sceloenopla longula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
2. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Sceloenoplini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
3. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .