Cephaloleia weisei
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia weisei Staines, 1996 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephaloleia weisei Staines 1996[1]: 71.
Description
Small; subovate; subdepressed; head, antennomeres 1–2, pronotum, and basal ½ of elytra yellowish; eyes, antennal antennomeres 3–11, and apical ½ of elytra black; venter and legs reddish-yellow. Head: vertex alutaceous, medial carina present; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1–2 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length; 3–10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 pointed at apex, subequal in length to 1 or 2; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle in male, female evenly arcuate, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; punctures large, shallow, sparse; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.7–0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.3–1.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin slightly expanding to middle then rounding to apex, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows obsolete on apical ⅓, row 10 removed from margin; elytral length 2.7–3.0 mm; elytral width 1.3–1.9 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.6–4.1 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia trimaculata. It can be distinguished by antennomeres 1 and 2 being subequal in length, by the uniformly punctate pronotum, and by the elytral puncture rows being obsolete apically.
Distribution
Costa Rica, Panama.
Type material examined
Holotype: Cocoli Panama C.Z., IX-2-1946/ N. L. H. Kraus/ Holotype Cephaloleia weisei Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (USNM).
Specimens examined
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste- 3 km SE Naranjo, 24–26 May 1993 (USNM), 21–30 June 1992, 1–10 September 1992, 5 June 1993, 7 June 1993, 8–12 June 1993 (BYUC). PANAMA: Panamá- Barro Colorado Is., 13 August 1946 (USNM), 23–27 July 2000 (SEMC); Llano-Carti rd. at km 9, 18 May 1993 (EGRC). Total: 14.
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.
