Cephaloleia brevis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia brevis Staines sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Small; stubby; subdepressed; head black, antennomeres 1–2 reddish-brown, 3–10 black, 11 black basally, pale apically, pronotum black with pale lateral margins, scutellum elytra, and venter castaneous, legs yellowish-brown. Head: vertex moderately punctate; medial sulcus absent; keel present between antennal bases; frons punctate, not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, cylindrical; 2–3 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 1; 4–5 cylindrical, subequal in length, longest; 6–10 transverse; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight slightly converging basally then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate medially, denser and larger punctures laterally and basally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded, finely serrate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, row 10 removed from lateral margin along constriction, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.0 mm; elytral width 1.8 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; apical margin of last sternite emarginate medially in male. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner apical margin. Total length: 4.0 mm.
Etymology
Brevis (Latin) meaning short or narrow for the short, stubby appearance of this species.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia pretiosa. It can be easily be distinguished by the serrulate apical margin of the elytra.
Distribution
French Guiana.
Type material
Holotype male: French Guiana, Saul, 7 km N, 0.5 km ESE, Les Eaux Claires, Mt. Le Fumée, 3°39'46"N, 53°13'19"W, 300 m, 4–8 Jun 1997, J. Ashe, R. Brooks, FG1AB97 164, ex. flight intercept trap/ Holotype Cephaloleia brevis Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 (red label) (SEMC).
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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