Cephaloleia basalis Pic, 1926e

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 71-72

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia basalis Pic, 1926e Fig. 83

Cephalolia basalis Pic 1926e: 359.

Cephaloleia basalis Pic. Uhmann 1957b: 16 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Description.

Oblong; shining; flattened; testaceous; elytra black with base reddish; antennae black with antennomeres 1-2 reddish; legs yellowish. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus present; eye slightly convex; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: longer than head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate; 2-4 elongate; 2 ½ length 1; 3 longer than 2; 3-4 subequal in length; 5-10 transverse, decreasing in length, each shorter than 4; 11 missing; 1-2 punctate, with scattered setae; 3-10 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; basal margin biangulate; disc flattened; surface strongly, sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, moderately margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; subconvex; strongly punctate-striate; elytral length 3.6 mm; elytral width 2.0 mm. Venter: obscured by card. Leg: slender; punctate. Total length: 5.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is most similar to Cephaloleia waterhousei . It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows being distinct to apex and by antennomere 2 being longer than 3.

Distribution.

Brazil ( Espírito Santo).

Type material examined.

Holotype: Brazil [printed label]/basalis n. sp [handwritten label]/ Museum Paris Coll. M. Pic [blue printed label]/ Type [red printed label]/ Cephaloleia basalis Pic [printed label]/ Holotype [red printed label]/ MNHN EC 2645 [printed label] (MNHN).