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 unctula Pic, 1923
Fig. 262
Cephalolia unctula
Pic 1923
: 8.
Uhmann 1938a
: 409 (noted).
Cephaloleia unctula
Pic.
Uhmann 1957b
: 27 (catalog), 1961b: 24 (noted);
Descarpentries and Villiers 1959
a: 139 (types);
McKenna and Farrell 2005
: 121 (phylogeny).
Description.
Small; elongate; subparallel; subconvex; reddish-brown; eyes darker. Head: vertex punctate, with medial carina; frons impunctate, not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, longer than 2 and 3 combined, slightly incrassate, apical margin produced with horn-like projection; 2-6 elongate, cylindrical; 2 longer than 3; 3 longer than 4; 4-6 elongate, subequal in length; 7-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 6; 11 pointed at apex; 1-6 punctate with scattered setae; 7-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate for basal
3/4
then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc flattened; surface densely, coarsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0-1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.2-1.4 mm. Scutellum: triangular, impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures large, slightly confused api
cally
; elytral length 3.4-3.7 mm; elytral width 1.5-1.7 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna impunctate, glabrous; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.5-5.0 mm.
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
Cephaloleia interstitialis
,
Cephaloleia striata
,
Cephaloleia subdepressa
, and
Cephaloleia truncatipennis
. It can be distinguished by the lack of a transverse basal impression on the prontum and by antennomere 1 being longer than 2 and 3 combined.
Distribution.
Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.
Type material.
Types: Ecuador (MNHN, NHRS, not seen).
Specimens examined.
Bolivia: Cochabamba- Cochabama, 117 km E Yungas, 1040 m, 1-6 February 1999 (SEMC). Ecuador: no further data (MNHN, NHRS). Peru: Lima- Lima, 2000-3000 ft. (USNM). Total: 4.