Cephaloleia convexifrons Pic, 1923

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 100-101

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia convexifrons Pic, 1923 Fig. 105

Cephalolia convexifrons Pic 1923: 9.

Cephaloleia convexifrons Pic. Uhmann 1957b: 17 (catalog), 1964a: 403 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subconvex; antennae, head, and scutellum black; pronotum yellowish with broad medial longitudinal vitta from base to apex; elytra yellowish with broad black sutural vitta which narrows to apex and narrow black vitta from humerus to near apex; legs yellowish with darker joints and tarsi. Head: small; vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; cylindrical; antennomere 1 short; 2 2 × length of 1; 3 subequal in length to 2; 4-10 subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2 × length of 10, longest, acutely pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: slightly transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly divergent for basal 4/5 then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 0.8-1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.7-1.9 mm. Scutellum: broadly pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, slightly narrowing apically, smooth, margined; apex rounded; minute tooth present in sutural angle; humerus rounded, slightly produced; shallowly punctate-striate; pygidium exposed, punctate; elytral length 4.3-4.7 mm; elytral width 2.0-2.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin broadly emarginate medially in male, sinuate in female. Leg: slender; punctate; femur and tibia with pale seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.9-6.1 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia chica sp. n. It can be distinguished by the larger size and by the medial longitudinal vitta on the pronotum.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Peru.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Bolivie, Cochabamba, Germain [green printed label]/ Cephalolia convexifrons m [handwritten label]/ convexifrons Pic (1923) [handwritten label]/ type [white printed label with red border]/ Museum Paris Coll. \M. Pic [blue printed label]/ Holotype [red printed label]/ MNHN EC 2652 [printed label] (MNHN).

Specimens examined.

No label data (USNM). Bolivia: Cochambamba- November 1953 (USNM). Peru: Huanuco- Tingo Maria region, 15-24 June 1937 (SEMC); Quiapicanchia- Cuzco, Quincemil, 11 June 1976 (USNM). Madre de Dios- Tambopata Wildlife Res., 30 km SW Pto Maldonado, 290 m, 15-30 November 1982 (USNM). Total: 5.