Cephaloleia delectabilis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines, 1996 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines 1996[1]: 26.
Description
Elongate; subparallel; moderately convex; reddish-brown; antennal antennomeres 3–11 black; eyes dark. Head: vertex finely punctate, with two curved sulci, separated by wide carina; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; robust; antennomeres 1–2 elongate, subequal in length; 3–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 2; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1 or 2; 1–5 punctate with scattered setae; 6–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly convergent from base to apex, margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved posteriorly; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; small tooth present in sutural angle; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures shallow, large; puncture rows converge and unite at apex; elytral length 2.9 mm; elytral width 1.4 mm. Venter: pro- and mesosterna impunctate medially, rugose laterally; metasternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; femur and tibia punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.7 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia nigricornis. It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows being distinct apically and by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 2.
Distribution
Mexico.
Type material examined
Holotype: Mexico, Chiapas, Pq. Laguna Belgica, 16kmNW Ocozocoautla, 14.VI.1989, H. Howden/ flight intercept trap/ Holotype Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CMNC).
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.
