Cephaloleia hnigrum Pic, 1923

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 157-158

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia hnigrum Pic, 1923 Fig. 160

Cephalolia hnigrum Pic 1923: 8. Uhmann 1942 b: 116 (noted).

Cephaloleia hnigrum Pic. Uhmann 1957b: 20 (catalog), 1961b: 23 (noted), 1964a: 403 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; large; shining; subdepressed; yellowish-brown; antennae and head black; pronotum black with pale lateral margins; elytra with lateral black vitta and medial black macula; venter and legs yellowish-brown. Head: vertex finely punctate, medial sulcus absent; keel present between antennal bases; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: longer than head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, elongate; 2 elongate, ½ length of 1, shortest; 3-4 elongate, cylindrical, 4 longer than 3; 5-10 cylindrical, each as long as 3, elongate; 11 longer than 4, rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface sparsely irregularly punctate; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.6-1.8 mm; pronotal width 1.6-1.8 mm. Scutellum: elongate pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus along puncture row 7 with weak carina; moderately punctate-striate, rows confused apically; pygidium densely setose; elytral length 5.8-6.2 mm; elytral width 2.3-2.5 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.8-8.2 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia bifasciata and Cephaloleia recondita . It can be distinguished by the lateral margins of the elytra having black markings which do not extend to puncture row 6 and by the vertex of the head not having a medial sulcus.

Distribution.

Ecuador.

Type material examined.

Syntypes: Cachabe, Equateur [handwritten label]/ 269 [printed label]/ Cephalolia hnigrum m, Type [handwritten label]/ Hnigrum Pic (1923) [handwritten label]/ Museum Paris Coll. M. Pic [blue printed label]/ Cephaloleia hnigrum Pic [printed label]/ Syntype [red label]/ MNHN EC 2460 [printed label]; Cachabe, Equateur [handwritten label]/ Type [printed label with red border]/ Museum Paris Coll. M. Pic [blue printed label]/ Cephaloleia hnigrum Pic [printed label]/ Syntype [red label]/ MNHN EC 2461 [printed label]; Cachabe, Equateur [handwritten label]/ Museum Paris Coll. M. Pic [blue printed label]/ Cephaloleia hnigrum Pic [printed label]/ Syntype [red label]/ MNHN EC 2462 [printed label] (MNHN, 3).

Specimens examined.

Ecuador: Imbabura- Cachabé (USNM). Total: 3.