Cephaloleia brunnea
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia brunnea Staines, 1996 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Elongate; subconvex; small; brown; pronotum and head slightly darker than elytra; elytra with suture darker; venter dark brown; leg with tarsi and apex of tibia paler than rest. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, subequal in length to 3; 2 transverse, shorter than 1 or 3; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1 and 3; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc slightly convex; surface deeply punctate; punctures more dense laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.7–0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.0–1.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.0–3.1 mm; elytral width 1.3–1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin broadly 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: 4.0–4.1 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia rubra. It can be distinguished by the densely punctate pronotum and by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 3.
Distribution
Trinidad.
Type material examined
Holotype: Morne Bleu, 2700', Trinidad, W. I., Aug. 6,1969, H. and A. Howden/ Holotype Cephaloleia brunnea Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CMNC).
Specimens examined
TRINIDAD: Curepe, St. George Par., 28–30 November 1977 (CNC); Morne Bleu, 2700', 15 August 1969 (CMNC); N. range, Arima-Blanchisseuse rd., mi. 10, 11 May 1985 (EGRC); St. Augustine, Mt. St. Benedict Abby, 9 July 1994 (EGRC). Total: 9.
Taxon Treatment
- Staines, C; García-Robledo, C; 2014: The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys, 436: 1-355. doi
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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.
- ↑ Staines C (2008) A new species of Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Dominica. Insecta Mundi 0030: 1–4.
- ↑ Staines C (2009a) The hispines (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of the Caribbean with a key to the species of Hispaniola. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 78(1): 17–28. doi: 10.2992/007.078.0102
