Cephaloleia lenticula
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia lenticula Staines sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Small; elongate; subdepressed; castaneous, antennomeres 4–10 darker, 11 dark basally and pale apically. Head: vertex irregularly punctate, medial sulcus absent; keel present between antennal bases; frons punctate, not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 subglobose, shorter than 2; 2 expanding apically; 3–4 cylindrical, elongate, subequal in length, each nearly as long as 1 and 2 combined; 5–10 elongate, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 4; 11 longer than 10, pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight basally then rounding to anterior angle, with lenticular swelling anteriorly, margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; disc micropunctate, scattered larger punctures present laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex obliquely rounded, smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 2.9 mm; elytral width 1.6 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: slender; coxae coarsely punctate; trochanter, femur, and tibia punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner apical margin. Total length: 3.9 mm.
Etymology
Lenticula (Latin) meaning lens for the lens-shaped swelling on the lateral margin of the pronotum. The name is feminine.
Diagnosis
This is a very distinctive species which can be distinguished by the brown color and the lens-like swelling on the lateral margin of the pronotum.
Distribution
Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname.
Type material
Holotype: Ecuador Sucumbios, Sacha Lodge, 0.5°S, 76.5°W, 270 m, 4–14-III-1994, Hibbs, ex. malaise/ Holotype Cephaloleia lenticula Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 (red label) (SMEC). Paratypes (4): Ecuador Sucumbios, Sacha Lodge, 0.5°S, 76.5°W, 270 m, 24-III-3-VI-1994 March 1994, Hibbs, ex. malaise/ Paratype Cephaloleia lenticula Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 (red label) (SMEC); Peru, Dept. Loreto, 1.5 km N Teniente, 2°35.66'S, 76°06.92'W, 22 July 1993, 210–240 m, Richard Leschen, #165 ex. flt. Intept. Trap Qd. 17/ Paratype Cephaloleia lenticula Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 (red label) (SMEC); 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/ Paratype Cephaloleia lenticula Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 (red label) (SMEC); Suriname, Commewijne, Akintosoela, CELOS Camp, 39 km SE Suriname River bridge, road to Redi Doti, 40 m, 5°16'17"N, 54°55'15"W, 29 Jun- 3 Jul 1999, Z. H. Falin, SUR1F99 152, ex. flight intercept trap/ Paratype Cephaloleia lenticula Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 (red label) (SMEC).
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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