Cephaloleia lojaensis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia lojaensis Pic, 1931 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephalolia lojaensis Pic 1931[1]: 34.
- Cephaloleia lojaensis Pic. Uhmann 1957b[2]: 21 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959[3]a: 139 (types).
Description
Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; yellowish-red; eyes and antennae black. Head: vertex sparsely, irregularly punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches beyond humerus; robust; antennomere 1 incrassate, longest; 2, 4–10 transverse, subequal in length, each ½ length of 1; 3 cylindrical, elongate, longer than 2, ¾ length 1; 11 2× 10, rounded at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight for basal 4/5 then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, prominent; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface irregularly punctate, punctures widely separated; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.4–1.5 mm; pronotal width 1.9–2.0 mm. Scutellum: elongate triangular; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, moderately margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly projecting; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures confused apically; elytral length 5.0–5.1 mm; elytral width 2.2–2.3 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin truncate medially in male. Leg: robust, sparsely punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.9–7.0 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia chimboana and Cephaloleia nigriceps. It can be distinguished by the lack of a transverse basal impression on the pronotum and by the distinct elytral punctures which continue to the apex.
Distribution
Ecuador.
Type material examined
Holotype: Equateur, Loja [handwritten label]/ Cephalolia lojaensis sp. n. [handwritten label]/ Type [red printed label]/ Museum Paris Coll. M. Pic [blue printed label]/ Type [red printed label]/ Holotype [red printed label]/ MNHN EC 2639 [printed label] (MNHN).
Specimens examined
Ecuador: Napo- Lago Agrio (18 km E), 30 August 1975 (USNM). Total: 1.
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
- ↑ Pic M (1931) Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques 58: 1–36.
- ↑ Uhmann E (1957b) Sechs neue Hispinen aus Südamerika (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 181. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinae. Beiträge zur Entomologie 7: 35–42.
- ↑ Descarpentries A, Villiers A (1959) Les types de la collection M. Pic. 1. Chrysomelinae et Hispinae du Nouveau-Monde. Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle Paris (2)31(2): 137–154.
