Cephaloleia ochra Staines

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 200

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia ochra Staines sp. n. Fig. 199

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; flattened; ochre-yellow; eyes and apical antennomeres darker. Head: vertex finely punctate, medial sulcus present; small triangular projection present between antennal bases; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1-5 elongate, cylindrical; 1 incrassate; 2 ¾ length of 1; 3 slightly longer than 2; 2 and 4 subequal in length; 5 shorter than 4; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length of 10, bluntly pointed at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin nearly straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle broadly rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate, anterior margin behind head, lateral margin, and medial longitudinal area from base to apex impunctate; faint medial longitudinal sulcus present; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; finely punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 5.0 mm; elytral width 2.7 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; mesosternum sparsely punctate medially, more densely punctate laterally; metasternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna finely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin rounded in female. Leg: slender; coxa, femur and tibia punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.0 mm.

Etymology.

From ochrus (Latin) for the ochre yellow body color of this species. The name is feminine.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia apicicornis , Cephaloleia corallina , Cephaloleia halli , and Cephaloleia proxima . It can be distinguished by the pronotum lacking a transverse basal impression, by the basal antennomeres being pale, by the meso- and metasterna being impunctate, by the vertex of the head not depressed between the eyes, by antennomeres 2 and 4 being subequal in length, and by the anterior angle of the pronotum being rounded.

Distribution.

Ecuador.

Type material.

Holotype female: Ecuador, Imbabura, 3500', II.97, dry season (Rosenberg)/ F. Monros collection 1959/ Holotype Cephaloleia ochra Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 [red label] (USNM).