Cephaloleia tarsata Baly, 1858

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 260

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia tarsata Baly, 1858 Fig. 249

Cephaloleia tarsata Baly 1858: 60. Uhmann 1957b: 26 (catalog); Staines and Staines 1999: 524 (Baly species list).

Cephalolia tarsata Baly. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3602 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 551 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; dark metallic blue, pronotum paler laterally, legs paler; venter black; tarsi yellowish. Head: vertex punctate with faint medial carina; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 subincrassate, elongate, widening apically; 2 ½ length of 1; 3 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length to 1; 4-10 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 3; 11 2 × length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin subsinuate basally then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined, slightly serrulate; anterior angle obtusely rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle with short obtuse tooth, produced; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface with coarse, deep punctures, punctures finer on disc; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3-1.4 mm; pronotal width 2.0-2.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, narrowly margined, slightly reflexed, finely serrulate; apex obtusely rounded, emarginate at suture; sutural angle with small tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; disc flattened; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; pygidium narrowed from base to apex, truncate; elytral length 3.8-3.9 mm; elytral width 2.1-2.2 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin truncate in female, broadly emarginate medially in male. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.5-5.6 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia depressa , Cephaloleia donckieri , Cephaloleia elaeidis , and Cephaloleia zikani . It can be distinguished by the lack of a medial fovea on the vertex of the head, by the serrulate lateral margins of the pronotum, by the smooth apical margin of the elytra, and by antennomere 2 being obconic.

Distribution.

Brazil, Colombia.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Colombia, Baly coll. (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

BRAZIL:?- Chapada (USNM). Total: 1.