Cephaloleia apicenotata Uhmann, 1938a

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 64-65

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia apicenotata Uhmann, 1938a Fig. 76

Cephalolia apicenotata Uhmann 1938a: 411.

Cephaloleia apicenotata Uhmann. Uhmann 1950a: 274 (sculpture), 1957b: 15 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 342 (types); Staines 1997 b: 413 (Uhmann species list).

Description.

Elongate; subdepressed; subparallel; shining; yellowish-brown; antennae, u-shaped marking on apical ⅓ of elytra, and last sternite with apical margin black. Head: vertex finely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1 and 2 thick, cylindrical; 1 and 3 subequal in length; 2 ½ length of 1; 3-10 elongate; 4-10 decreasing in length, each shorter than 3; 11 slightly longer than 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate then rounding to anterior angle, distinctly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface irregularly, sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3-1.6 mm; pronotal width 1.6-1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, with broad margin; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; finely punctate-striate; elytral length 4.7-4.9 mm; elytral width 2.1-2.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin subrounded, weakly emarginate in female, rounded in male. Leg: slender; punctate; femur and tibia with pale seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.2-6.6 mm.

Diagnosis.

This is a bicolored species with the apical section of the elytra darker. It is most similar to Cephaloleia bicolor and Cephaloleia bicoloriceps . It can be easily distinguished by the sinuate lateral margin of the pronotum.

Distribution.

Brazil (Bahia), Ecuador.

Type material examined.

Lectotype: Brazil, Bahia [printed label]/ coll. Fry [printed label]/ Cephalolia apicenotata Uh., Det. E. Uhmann [handwritten label] (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

?- 3162 (USNM). Brazil: Bahia- no further data (DEI, USNM); St. Antonia de Barra, 1889 (USNM). Ecuador: Orellana- 1 km S Onkone Gare Camp, Reserva Etnica Waorani, 216.3 m, 21 January 2006 (USNM); Estación Cientifica Yasuni, 15-16 August 1997 (USNM). Total: 16.