Cephaloleia amblys
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia amblys Staines, 1996 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephaloleia amblys Staines 1996[1]: 15.
Description
Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; brownish; head and pronotum darker; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna pale medially, dark laterally. Head: vertex punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, longer than 2 or 3; 2–3 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 1; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1; 1–4 punctate with scattered setae; 5–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin canaliculate, straight and divergent for basal ½ then rounding to anterior angle; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely punctate, more dense laterally, apical margin impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.7 mm; pronotal width 1.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; weakly punctate-striate, humerus virtually impunctate; puncture rows converge and unite at apex; elytral length 2.4 mm; elytral width 1.3 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; meso- and metasterna punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: robust; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.4 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is most similar to Cephaloleia facetus. It can be distinguished by the pronotum being darker in color than the elytra and with antennomere 1 being longer than 2.
Distribution
Panama.
Type material
Holotype: Panama: Canal Zone, Madden Forest, mi 5.0, 9°07'N, 79°38'W/ 19-vii-1971, H. A. Hespenheide/ Cephaloleia tenella Baly CWT iii73/ Holotype Cephaloleia amblys Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CHAH, not seen).
Comments
Repeated requests for the loan of this specimen went unanswered. Image not included in the monograph.
Taxon Treatment
- Staines, C; García-Robledo, C; 2014: The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys, 436: 1-355. doi
Other References
- ↑ Staines C (1996) The genus Cephaloleia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central America and the West Indies. Special Publication No. 3 of the Revista de Biología Tropical, 87 pp.
