Cephaloleia vittipennis Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 279-280

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia vittipennis Weise, 1910 Fig. 267

Cephalolia vittipennis Weise 1910: 89. Weise 1911a: 10 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 115 (lectotype); Guérin 1953: 97 (faunal list).

Cephaloleia vittipennis Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 27 (catalog), 1964a: 303 (catalog), 1964b: 5 (faunal list); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 363 (type).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; reddish-yellow; antennomere 1 yellowish, 2-3 reddish-brown, 4-11 darker; head and scutellum black; elytra reddish-yellow with dark sutural vitta for basal ½ and wide black vitta from humerus curving to suture near apex, lateral and apical margins reddish-yellow; venter and legs reddish-yellow. Head: vertex finely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1-5 elongate, cylindrical; 2 ¾ length of 1; 3 subequal to 1; 4-5 subequal, each ¾ length of 3; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, smooth, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved posteriorly; disc subconvex; surface distinctly punctate with impunctate medial longitudinal line; transverse impression present behind middle; pronotal length 1.3-1.5 mm; pronotal width 1.5-1.7 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth; narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 edged with faint carina; punctures small, fine basally, larger apically, rows converge and unite apically; scutellar row long; elytral length 4.1-4.8 mm; elytral width 2.0-2.4 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 rounded 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: 5.5-6.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia picta . It can be distinguished by the vertex of the head with a medial sulcus and by the basal impression on the pronotum.

Distribution.

Argentina, Brazil (Santa Catharina, São Paulo), Peru, Venezuela.

Type material examined.

Syntype: [Brazil], Santos, 17-23.II.1899 (DEI, 1).

Specimens examined.

Argentina: Buenos Aires (USNM). Brazil: Santa Catharina- Hansa, 1934 (USNM). São Paulo- Cantareira, November 1939 (USNM); Santos, 17-25 February 1899 (ZMHB). Peru: Junin- Satipo, March 1945 (USNM). Venezuela: Aragua- Rancho Grande, 11 June 1983 (BYUC), June 1963 (USNM),12-14 May 1998 (SEMC). Total: 23.