Cephaloleia simplex
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia simplex Staines, 2008 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Small; elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; yellowish-brown; eyes and antennae (except basal antennomere) nearly black, venter brownish except pro- and mesosterna blackish; base of pronotum much narrower than base of elytra. Head: vertex punctate, alutaceous between punctures, medial sulcus present; front nearly vertical; interantennal carina absent; clypeus small, punctate; maxillary and labial palps yellowish; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: extends beyond humerus; slender; antennomeres 3–11 elongate; 1 short; 2 2× length of 1; 3 longer than 1 and 2 combined; 4–6 subequal in length, each longer than 2; 7–10 subequal in length, each shorter than 6; 11 2× length of 10, bluntly pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight and slightly divergent for basal ⅞ then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface with disc sparsely punctate, moderately coarsely punctate laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.1 mm. Scutellum: large; pentagonal; acutely pointed at apex; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded, smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, impunctate; slightly constricted behind humerus; puncture rows with few punctures, rows converge and unite apically; scutellar row reaching basal ⅓; elytral length 2.9 mm; elytral width 1.6 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sternite 1 punctate; sterna 2–5 punctate, each puncture with white setae; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite broadly emarginate in male, entire, rounded in female. Leg: short, robust; coxa and femur punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.0 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia mauliki, Cephaloleia placida, and Cephaloleia sulciceps. It can be distinguished by the suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 being complete and by the small size.
Distribution
Dominica, Grenada.
Type material examined
Holotype: Dominica, St. Paul Parish, Mornes Trois Piton Nat’l. Pk., trail to Middleham Falls, 15°21'06" N, 61°20'06" W, el. 2200 ft., V-20-VI-2–2000/ L. Benavides, E. Chavez, J. Dye and E. Kretsch, Malaise trap, 2000–10/ Holotype Cephaloleia simplex Staines 2007 [red label] (TAMU).
Specimens examined
GRENADA: Grand Etan NP, Mt. Qua Qua Tr., 9 September 1991 (BYUC). Total: 6.
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 (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
