Cephaloleia linkei Uhmann, 1939

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 175-176

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia linkei Uhmann, 1939 Fig. 177

Cephalolia linkei Uhmann 1939: 153.

Cephaloleia linkei Uhmann. Uhmann 1942 b: 101 (pygidium), 1950a: 274 (sculpture), 1957b: 21 (catalog), 1964b: 4 (faunal list); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 352 (types); Staines 1997 b: 413 (Uhmann species list); Staines and Staines 1997: 12 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; shining; yellowish-brown, with variable black markings on elytra; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellowish medially, black laterally; abdominal sterna dark brownish. Head: vertex finely punctate, faint medial sulcus present; frons punctate, not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, longer than 2; 2 transverse, ½ length of 1; 3-4 elongate, subequal in length; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 4; 11 2 × length 10, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate at base then straight and slightly diverging to apical 1/5 then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0-1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.3-1.5 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; subconvex; strongly punctate-striate, puncture rows converge and unite apically; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 not edged with faint carina; elytral length 3.4-3.8 mm; elytral width 1.7-1.9 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 truncate laterally, rounded medially in male; truncate laterally, bisinuate medially in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.9-5.4 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia balyi , Cephaloleia deficiens , Cephaloleia discoidalis , Cephaloleia dorsalis , and Cephaloleia suturalis . It can be distinguished by the yellow pronotum and by antennomere 1 being incrassate and longer than 3.

Distribution.

Argentina, Brazil (Santa Catharina, São Paulo).

Type material examined.

Lectotype male: Brazil, S. Catharina, Nova Teutonia, Plaumann [printed label]/ Holotyp [red printed label]/ Cephalolia linkei Uh., Det. E. Uhmann (DEI).

Specimens examined.

ARGENTINA: Misiones- Guarani Soberbio, October 1947 (USNM); Sta. Maria, Ocotober 1947 (USNM). Brazil: Pernambuco: Serra de Communaty, Pernambuco, 3 December 1893 (USNM). Santa Catharina- Nova Teutonia, 4 December 1935, 26 October 1936, 3 November 1936 (DEI), 5 January 1937, 24 April 1938, 7 October 1956, June 1968, November 1976 (USNM), no date (AMNH), November 1976, December 1976 (EGRC). Total: 65.