Sumitrosis terminatus

Sumitrosis terminatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Sumitrosis
Species:	S. terminatus
Binomial name
Sumitrosis terminatus (Baly, 1885) [1]
Synonyms
Chalepus terminatusBaly, 1885 Anoplitis terminatus laetificaWeise, 1905 Chalepus saundersiBaly, 1885 Anoplitis terminatus subapicalisPic, 1929

Sumitrosis terminatus is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico (Tabasco, Veracruz) ^[2] and Panama.

Description

The head is smooth and impunctate, the front impressed with three short longitudinal grooves and the interocular space is moderately produced. The antennae are nearly half the length of the body, filiform, rather slender and slightly thickened towards the apex. The thorax is rather broader than long and subconical, the sides converging from the base to the apex, transversely convex, transversely depressed on the hinder disc, closely punctured. The hinder margin is elevated. The elytra are broader than the sides, parallel and very slightly enlarged towards the posterior angle. The apex is obtusely rounded, the outer margin nearly entire, obsoletely serrulate behind the middle and at the apex. Each elytron has eight, at the extreme base with nine, rows of large, deep punctres, the second, fourth, and sixth interspaces moderately costate. ^[3]

Biology

The recorded food plants are Fabaceae species. ^[4]

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist
3. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. 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.