Cephaloleia ochra
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia ochra Staines sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Elongate; subparallel; flattened; ochre-yellow; eyes and apical antennomeres darker. Head: vertex finely punctate, medial sulcus present; small triangular projection present between antennal bases; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1–5 elongate, cylindrical; 1 incrassate; 2 ¾ length of 1; 3 slightly longer than 2; 2 and 4 subequal in length; 5 shorter than 4; 6–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2× length of 10, bluntly pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin nearly straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle broadly rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate, anterior margin behind head, lateral margin, and medial longitudinal area from base to apex impunctate; faint medial longitudinal sulcus present; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; finely punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 5.0 mm; elytral width 2.7 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; mesosternum sparsely punctate medially, more densely punctate laterally; metasternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna finely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin rounded in female. Leg: slender; coxa, femur and tibia punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.0 mm.
Etymology
From ochrus (Latin) for the ochre yellow body color of this species. The name is feminine.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia apicicornis, Cephaloleia corallina, Cephaloleia halli, and Cephaloleia proxima. It can be distinguished by the pronotum lacking a transverse basal impression, by the basal antennomeres being pale, by the meso- and metasterna being impunctate, by the vertex of the head not depressed between the eyes, by antennomeres 2 and 4 being subequal in length, and by the anterior angle of the pronotum being rounded.
Distribution
Ecuador.
Type material
Holotype female: Ecuador, Imbabura, 3500’, II.97, dry season (Rosenberg)/ F. Monros collection 1959/ Holotype Cephaloleia ochra Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 [red label] (USNM).
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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