Cephaloleia rosenbergi
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia rosenbergi Weise, 1905b – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephalolia rosenbergi Weise 1905b[1]: 55. Weise 1911a[2]: 9 (catalog), 1911b[3]: 10 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b[4]: 110 (noted), 1938a[5]: 408 (noted).
- Cephaloleia rosenbergi Weise. Uhmann 1957b[6]: 24 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959[7]a: 139 (types).
Description
Elongate; subparallel; depressed; yellowish with dark markings; antennae, head, medial longitudinal pronotal vitta, scutellum, elytral base and apex dark; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna reddish-yellow medially, dark laterally, abdominal sterna dark medially, pale laterally; legs dark except basal ¾ of femora. Head: vertex sparsely, irregularly punctate, medial sulcus present, sulcus present near eye; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 thick, transverse, shortest; 2 elongate, subequal to 4; 3 elongate, longer than 2; 2–4 triangularly produced in male, cylindrical in female; 5–10 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 4; 11 slightly longer than 10, pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle slightly rounded, not produced; posterior angle subangulate; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; slight transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.4–1.6 mm; pronotal width 1.5–1.7 mm. Scutellum: triangular; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; weakly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 5.6–6.0 mm; elytral width 2.1–2.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin bisinuate in male, rounded in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.5–8.0 mm.
Diagnosis
This is the only South American species with a darker apical portion of the elytra and a black longitudinal vitta on the pronotum.
Distribution
Ecuador.
Type material examined
Syntype: Ecuador, Chimbo, 3000’, 8.1897, Rosenberg [printed label]/ I. Weise det. [printed label]/ Type [printed salmon-colored label]/ Cephalolia rosenbergi m. [handwritten label] (BMNH, 1).
Specimens examined
Ecuador: no further data (USNM). Imbabama- Cachabe, January 1897 (USNM). Los Ríos- Río Palenque, 47 km S Sto. Domingo, 220 m, 26 August 1997 (CDFA, USNM). Pichincha- Chimbo (ZMHB, MNHN); above Chimbo, 3000’, August 1897 (USNM); Estación Orongo, Palmitopomba, 9 November 1999, 23 July 2001, 6 September 2002 (USNM); Reserva Maquipucuna, Cerro de Nanegal, 18 July 2001 (USNM). Total: 30.
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
- ↑ Weise J (1905b) Beschreibung einiger Hispinen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 71: 49–104.
- ↑ Weise J (1911a) Coleopterorum Catalogus, Chrysomelidae: Hispinae. W. Junk. Pars 35: 1–94.
- ↑ Weise J (1911b) Coleoptera Phytophaga fam. Chrysomelidae, subfam. Hispinae. In: Wytsman P (Ed) Genera Insectorum, Brussels, fasc. 125: 1–123.
- ↑ Uhmann E (1936b) Schlüssel der mir bekannten Cephaloleia-Arten (Col. Chrys.). 65. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen. Revista de Entomología Río de Janiero 6: 481–485.
- ↑ Uhmann E (1938a) Hispinen aus dem Britischen Museum. II. Teil. 72. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)1: 405–428. doi: 10.1080/00222933808526786
- ↑ 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.
