Cephaloleia thiemei
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia thiemei Weise, 1910 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephaloleia thiemei Weise 1910[1]: 92. Weise 1911a[2]: 10 (catalog), 1911b[3]: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1957b[4]: 26 (catalog).
Description
Small; subelongate; subparallel; subconvex; slender; yellowish with darker markings; legs reddish-yellow; antennae black except antennomeres 1–3 or 1–4 reddish; head, pronotum, and scutellum black; elytra with darkened suture and transverse black macula apically. Head: vertex distinctly, finely punctate, faint medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, elongate; 2 robust, ½ length of 1; 3–4 elongate, cylindrical, each longer than 2; 5–6 elongate, cylindrical, decreasing in length; 7–10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, slightly canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved anteriorly; disc subconvex; surface distinctly, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.8–1.0 mm; pronotal width 0.9–1.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex broadly rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 2.6–2.9 mm; elytral width 1.3–1.5 mm. Venter: obscured by glue and card. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.8–4.2 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia trimaculata. It can be distinguished by the vertex of the head having a medial sulcus.
Distribution
Amazonas, Ecuador.
Type material examined
Syntypes: Amazonas (ZMHB, 2).
Specimens examined
Ecuador: Napo- Yuturi Lodge, Río Napo, 270 m, 20–21 March 1999 (SEMC). 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
- ↑ Weise J (1910) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der amerikanischer Hispinen. Archiv für Naturgeschite 76: 67–127.
- ↑ 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 (1957b) Sechs neue Hispinen aus Südamerika (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 181. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinae. Beiträge zur Entomologie 7: 35–42.
