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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines, 1996
Fig. 114
Cephaloleia delectabilis
Staines 1996
: 26.
Description.
Elongate; subparallel; moderately convex; reddish-brown; antennal antennomeres 3-11 black; eyes dark. Head: vertex finely punctate, with two curved sulci, separated by wide carina; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna:
as
long as head and pronotum combined; robust; antennomeres 1-2 elongate, subequal in length; 3-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 2; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1 or 2; 1-5 punctate with scattered setae; 6-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly convergent from base to apex, margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved posteriorly; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; small tooth present in sutural angle; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures shallow, large; puncture rows converge and unite at apex; elytral length 2.9 mm; elytral width 1.4 mm. Venter: pro- and mesosterna impunctate medially, rugose laterally; metasternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; femur and tibia punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.7 mm.
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
Cephaloleia nigricornis
. It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows being distinct apically and by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 2.
Distribution.
Mexico.
Type material examined.
Holotype: Mexico, Chiapas, Pq. Laguna Belgica, 16kmNW Ocozocoautla, 14.VI.1989, H. Howden/ flight intercept trap/ Holotype Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CMNC).