The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)
Author
Staines, Charles L.
Author
Garcia-Robledo, Carlos
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
Cephaloleia erugatus Staines, 1996
Fig. 133
Cephaloleia erugatus
Staines 1996
: 31.
Description.
Elongate; subparallel; flattened; head (except yellow frons) and scutellum black; pronotum yellowish with medial black macula on anterior and basal margins connected by thin black vitta; elytra with yellowish vitta from base to apical
1/4
including puncture rows 6-8, lateral margin black; pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellow medially, black at sides; abdominal sterna 1-4 black with yellow margins; 5 totally black; femur yellow with dark apex, tibia darker. Head: vertex impunctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, elongate, 4
x
length of 2; 2 transverse, short; 3 2
x
length of 2, with projection on inner apical angle; 4-6 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 3 (rest missing). Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then slightly rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle slightly rounded, not projecting; posterior angle angular; anterior margin straight; disc slightly convex; surface with scattered punctures laterally; disc impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.1 mm;
pronotal
width 1.4 mm. Scutellum: broadly triangular; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; puncture rows little impressed, obsolete on apex; elytral length 4.6 mm; elytral width 2.0 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; male with last sternite with apical margin truncate. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.1 mm.
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
Cephaloleia belti
,
Cephaloleia consanguinea
,
Cephaloleia semivittata
,
Cephaloleia triangularis
,
Cephaloleia variabilis
, and
Cephaloleia vicina
. It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows being obsolete apically, by antennomere 1 being 3 times longer than 3, by the pronotum being punctate laterally, and by the pro-, meso-, and metasterna being impunctate.
Distribution.
Panama.
Type material examined.
Holotype male:
Panama
, Isthmus Matachin, O. Thieme, S [green label]/ Coll. Thieme/ 94423/ Am Mango-Walde Herz
blaetterrollen
[green label]/ luctuosa Panama! [green label]/ sp. 3 male nicht luctuosa Chap. E. Uhmann Det. 34/ Zool. Mus. Berlin/ Holotype Cephaloleia erugatus Staines, Det. C. L. Staines 1993 [red label] (ZMHB).