Cephaloleia rubra
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia rubra Staines, 1996 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; reddish-brown, eyes and apex of antennae blackish. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus absent; strong keel present between antennal bases; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, with projection on outer apical angle; 2 transverse, ⅓ length of 1; 3 widening apically, subequal in length to 2; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface sparsely, shallowly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.1–1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.4–1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, micropunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.7–4.4 mm; elytral width 2.1–2.3 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate medially, rugose laterally; meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.0–6.0 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia brunnea. It can be distinguished by the sparsely punctate pronotum and by antennomere 1 being 3 times the length of 3.
Distribution
Trinidad.
Type material examined
Holotype: Morne Bleu, 2700', Trinidad, W. I., Aug. 15, 1969, H. and A. Howden/ Holotype Cephaloleia rubra Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CMNC).
Specimens examined
TRINIDAD: N. Range Arima-Blanchisseuse rd., Textel, nr. Morne Bleu, 12 May 1985 (EGRC). Total: 2.
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.
- ↑ Staines C (2008) A new species of Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Dominica. Insecta Mundi 0030: 1–4.
- ↑ Staines C (2009a) The hispines (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) of the Caribbean with a key to the species of Hispaniola. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 78(1): 17–28. doi: 10.2992/007.078.0102
