The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)
Author
Staines, Charles L.
Author
Garcia-Robledo, Carlos
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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 uniguttata Pic, 1923
Fig. 263
Cephalolia uniguttata
Pic 1923
: 9.
Uhmann 1953
d: 48 (faunal list).
Cephaloleia uniguttata
Pic.
Uhmann 1957b
: 27 (catalog);
Descarpentries and Villiers 1959
a: 139 (types).
Description.
Suboval; subconvex; black; pronotum red laterally; elytra reddish-yellow with large rounded black sutural macula after middle; legs and abdomen red. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; 1 subincrassate, elongate; 2 transverse,
1/2
length of 1; 3 elongate, cylindrical,
11/2
x of 2; 4-5 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length, each
3/4
length of 3; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length, each
3/4
length of 5; 11 2
x
length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal
1/2
then rounding to anterior angle, broadly margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly, strongly punctate; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight for basal ⅔ then narrowing, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with minute tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures reduced at humerus, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.6 mm; elytral width 2.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.0 mm.
Diagnosis
.
This species is similar to
Cephaloleia insidiosa
. It can be distinguished by the pronotum having reddish lateral margins and by the elytra having an ovoid black medial macula on the apical
1/2
.
Distribution.
Ecuador, Peru.
Type material examined.
Holotype:
Perou
[handwritten label]/ Type [white label with red printing]/ Cephalolia uniguttata m., type [handwritten label]/ uniguttata
Pic (1923)
[handwritten label]/ Museum Paris Coll. M. Pic [printed blue label]/ Type [printed red label]/ Cephaloleia uniguttata Pic [printed label]/ Holotype [red printed label]/ MNHN EC 2651 [printed label] (MNHN).
Specimens examined.
Ecuador: Napo- Sacha Lodge, 270 m, 24 March- 5 April 1994, 14-24 May 1994, 13-23 June 1994, 25 July- 3 August 1994, 10-21 October 1994 (SEMC). Orellana-
Estacion
Cientifica Yasuni, 5-10 September 1999 (EGRC). Peru: Loreto- 80 km NE Iquitos, Explorama Lodge, 1 km up
Rio
Yanamono from Amazon River, at light, 1-5 September 1992 (EGRC). Total: 10.