Stethispa bonvouloirii

Stethispa bonvouloirii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Stethispa
Species:	S. bonvouloirii
Binomial name
Stethispa bonvouloirii Baly, 1864 [1]

Stethispa bonvouloirii is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil and Peru.

Description

The thorax is nearly twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight and parallel at their base, rounded and slightly narrowed in the middle, narrowed and sinuate in front. The anterior angles armed with an obtuse, the hinder with an acute, tooth. The disk is convex in front, flattened behind the middle, surface impressed with large deep punctures, which, crowded at the base, become subremote on the sides, and still more distant on the anterior half of the disk. The lateral border bounded within by a single row of deep punctures and the medial line is impressed with a longitudinal groove, which extends from just behind the apical nearly to the basal margin. ^[2]

Biology

The food plant is unknown. ^[3]

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Baly, J.S. (1864). "Descriptions of genera and species of Hispidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3). 14 (82): 25–53. Retrieved September 12, 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.