Cephaloleia abdita
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia abdita Staines sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Elongate; subdepressed; yellowish; antennomeres 7-11 darker; elytra with black vitta of variable width from humerus along edges of lateral and apical margins, suture dark. Head: vertex finely, densely punctate, very faint medial carina present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; antennomeres uniform in thickness; 3 longest; 1–2, 4–5 subequal in length; 6–10 subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–4 punctate with scattered setae; 5–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, slightly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved anteriorly; disc subconvex; surface coarsely, irregularly punctate, impunctate behind head; medial longitudinal sulcus present on disc; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, slightly laminate, apex rounded, smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, row 10 removed from lateral margin; elytral length 4.4 mm; elytral width 2.0 mm. Venter: prosternum smooth medially, densely coarsely punctate laterally; mesosternum punctate; metasternum sparsely punctate medially, densely punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, denser and larger laterally, each puncture with pale seta; suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male. Leg: slender; coxa, femur, and tibia punctate. Total length: 6.2 mm.
Etymology
Abdita (Latin) meaning forgotten since this species has been overlooked since being collected in 1899. The name is feminine.
Diagnosis
This species is most similar to Cephaloleia gemma sp. n. and Cephaloleia trilineata. It can be distinguished from Cephaloleia gemma by the yellowish coloration (black in Cephaloleia gemma) and larger size (6.2 mm versus 4.0 mm). It can be distinguished from Cephaloleia trilineata by lacking a small tooth in the sutural angle of the elytra and that elytral puncture rows 3 and 4 are not confused basally.
Distribution
Brazil (São Paulo).
Type series
Holotype male: Brézil, et. de São Paulo, Cerqueira Cesar, E. Gounelle, i-99/ F. Monros collection 1959/ Holotype Cephaloleia abdita Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 [red label] (USNM).
Original Description
- Staines, C; García-Robledo, C; 2014: The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys, 436: 1-355. doi
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