Specimens recently submitted to the first author for identification turned out to represent two species of leaf beetles previously unknown from Florida, one of which is new to the eastern United States and the other new to the continental United States

Clark, Shawn

Riley, Edward G.

Thomas, Michael C.

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212  Volume 13, No.3-4, September-December,  1999, INSECTA  MUNDI Two leaf beetles new to Florida (Coleoptera:  Chrysomelidae) Michael C. Thomas Florida State Collection of  Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P.O. Box 14700 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 Edward G. Riley Department of Entomology Texas A & M University College Station, TX 77843 and Shawn Clark West Virginia Department of  Agriculture 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East Charleston, WV25305-0191. Specimens recently submitted to the first au-thor for identification turned out to represent two species of leaf beetles previously unknown from Florida, one of which is new to the eastern United States and the other new to the continental United States. Asphaera lustrans (Crotch) Two specimens of this Texas species were col-lected at separate localities during the summer of 1999 as follows:  Alachua Co.,  Gainesville, 26-VI-1999, A.  Tergas, and Volusia Co., Deltona, 8-VIII-1999, C. Murphy. It  has been  recorded  from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa, as well as from Mexico. No Florida host information was recorded, but it is known to attack species of Scutellaria in Texas. Asphaera lustrans is yellow-orange with metal-lic blue elytra; the antennae, mouthparts, and tarsi are piceous, the tibiae and metasternum are infus-cate. In Texas specimens, there is usually a dark transverse mark between the eyes; this is absent in the two Florida specimens. Asphaera lustrans is similar  to some species of  Kuschel  ina and Disonycha in Florida, but differs in the structure of the last tarsomere of the hind legs.  In Asphaera this is slightly enlarged; in Disonycha it is not enlarged at all, while in Kuschelina it is greatly inflated. Cryptocephalus nigrocinctus Suffrian Series  of this  species  were  collected  at two localities in Broward Co. as follows: Ft. Lauderdale, 19-XI-1999, and Davie, 1-XII-1999, both series col-lected by W.A.  Thiel,  Jr., on silver buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus L. val'. sericeus DC. Cryptoceph-alus nigrocinctus is native to Puerto Rico. It  is easily distinguished from all other Florida species of Cryp-tocephalus by its coloration, which is metallic blue (with a  purplish undertone in some  specimens), often with yellowish  -orange markings on the prono-tum and elytra. 

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Two leaf beetles new to Florida (Coleoptera: Chrysornelidae) 
Michael C. Thomas 
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 
Gainesville, FL 
Edward G. Riley 
Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 
Shawn Clark 
West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Charleston, WV 
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Thomas, Michael C.; Riley, Edward G.; and Clark, Shawn, "Two leaf beetles new to Florida (Coleoptera: 
Chrysornelidae)" (1999). Insecta Mundi. 341. 
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/341 
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212 Volume 13, No.3-4, September-December, 1999, INSECTAMUNDI 
Two leaf beetles new to Florida 
(Coleoptera: Chrysornelidae) 
Michael C. Thomas 
Florida State Collection of Arthropods 
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 
P.O. Box 14700 
Gainesville. FL 32614-7100 
Edward G. Riley 
Department of Entomology 
Texas A & M University 
College Station, TX 77843 
and 
Shawn Clark 
West Virginia Department of Agriculture 
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East 
Charleston, WV25305-0191. 
Specimens recently submitted to the first au- 
thor for identification turned out to represent two 
species of leaf beetles previously unknown from 
Florida, one of which is new to the eastern United 
States and the other new to the continental United 
States. 
transverse mark between the eyes; this is absent in 
the two Florida specimens. Asphaera lustrans is 
similar to some species ofKuschelina and Disonycha 
in Florida, but differs in the structure of the last 
tarsomere of the hind legs. In Asphaera this is 
slightly enlarged; in Disorzycha it is not enlarged a t  
all, while in Kuschelina it is greatly inflated. 
Asphaera lustrans (Crotch) 
Cryptocephalus nigrocinctus Suffrian 
Two specimens of this Texas species were col- 
lected a t  separate localities during the summer of 
1999 as follows: Alachua Co., Gainesville, 26-VI- 
1999, A. Tergas, and Volusia Co., Deltona, 8-VIII- 
1999, C. Murphy. I t  has been recorded from Arizona, 
New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa, 
as  well as from Mexico. No Florida host information 
was recorded, but i t  is known to attack species of 
Scutellaria in Texas. 
Asphaera lustrans is yellow-orange with metal- 
lic blue elytra; the antennae, mouthparts, and tarsi 
are piceous, the tibiae and metasternum are infus- 
cate. In  Texas specimens, there is usually a dark 
Series of this species were collected a t  two 
localities in Broward Co. as follows: Ft. Lauderdale, 
19-XI-1999, and Davie, 1-XII-1999, both series col- 
lected by W.A. Thiel, Jr.,  on silver buttonwood, 
Colzocarpus erectus L. var. sericeus DC. Cryptoceph- 
alus rzigrocirzctus is native to Puerto Rico. I t  is easily 
distinguished from all other Florida species of Cryp- 
tocephalus by its coloration, which is metallic blue 
(with a purplish undertone in some specimens), 
often with yellowish-orange markings on the prono- 
tum and elytra. 


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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Insecta Mundi Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida September 1999 Two leaf beetles new to Florida (Coleoptera: Chrysornelidae) Michael C. Thomas Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL Edward G. Riley Texas A & M University, College Station, TX Shawn Clark West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Charleston, WV Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi  Part of the Entomology Commons Thomas, Michael C.; Riley, Edward G.; and Clark, Shawn, "Two leaf beetles new to Florida (Coleoptera: Chrysornelidae)" (1999). Insecta Mundi. 341. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/341 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 212 Volume 13, No.3-4, September-December, 1999, INSECTAMUNDI Two leaf beetles new to Florida (Coleoptera: Chrysornelidae) Michael C. Thomas Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P.O. Box 14700 Gainesville. FL 32614-7100 Edward G. Riley Department of Entomology Texas A & M University College Station, TX 77843 and Shawn Clark West Virginia Department of Agriculture 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East Charleston, WV25305-0191. Specimens recently submitted to the first au- thor for identification turned out to represent two species of leaf beetles previously unknown from Florida, one of which is new to the eastern United States and the other new to the continental United States. transverse mark between the eyes; this is absent in the two Florida specimens. Asphaera lustrans is similar to some species ofKuschelina and Disonycha in Florida, but differs in the structure of the last tarsomere of the hind legs. In Asphaera this is slightly enlarged; in Disorzycha it is not enlarged a t  all, while in Kuschelina it is greatly inflated. Asphaera lustrans (Crotch) Cryptocephalus nigrocinctus Suffrian Two specimens of this Texas species were col- lected a t  separate localities during the summer of 1999 as follows: Alachua Co., Gainesville, 26-VI- 1999, A. Tergas, and Volusia Co., Deltona, 8-VIII- 1999, C. Murphy. I t  has been recorded from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa, as  well as from Mexico. No Florida host information was recorded, but i t  is known to attack species of Scutellaria in Texas. Asphaera lustrans is yellow-orange with metal- lic blue elytra; the antennae, mouthparts, and tarsi are piceous, the tibiae and metasternum are infus- cate. In  Texas specimens, there is usually a dark Series of this species were collected a t  two localities in Broward Co. as follows: Ft. Lauderdale, 19-XI-1999, and Davie, 1-XII-1999, both series col- lected by W.A. Thiel, Jr.,  on silver buttonwood, Colzocarpus erectus L. var. sericeus DC. Cryptoceph- alus rzigrocirzctus is native to Puerto Rico. I t  is easily distinguished from all other Florida species of Cryp- tocephalus by its coloration, which is metallic blue (with a purplish undertone in some specimens), often with yellowish-orange markings on the prono- tum and elytra. 

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