Cephaloleia humeralis Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 159-160

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia humeralis Weise, 1910 Fig. 162

Cephalolia humeralis Weise 1910: 94. Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 13 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 116 (noted).

Cephaloleia humeralis Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 20 (catalog).

Description.

Small; elongate; subparallel; slender; subconvex; black; elytra with elongate reddish humeral macula. Head: vertex smooth, faint medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 subglobose, short; 2 slightly elongate, obconic, longer than 1; 3 cylindrical, much longer than 2, longest; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 1; 11 longer than 10, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight for basal ⅔ then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface distinctly punctate with longitudinal medial impunctate line; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.0-1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.0-1.2 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate; puncture rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.0-3.2 mm; elytral width 1.2-1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin broad and slightly truncate. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with two rows of setae on inner margin and fringe of setae at apex. Total length: 4.0-4.4 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia tucumana . It can be distinguished by antennomere 2 being obconic and by the pronotum having a medial basal impression.

Distribution.

Brazil (Matto Grosso, Pará), Peru.

Type material examined.

Syntype: Brasilia, Cuyaba, Matto Grosso, Staudinger [green printed label]/ J. Weise det. [printed label] Type [printed salmon-colored label]/ Cephalolia humeralis m [handwritten label] (ZMHB, 1).

Specimens examined.

Brazil:?- Chapada (USNM). Pará- no further data (USNM). Peru: Lima- 2000-3000 ft. (USNM). Made de Dios- Cocha Salvador Reserved Zone, Manu National Park, 310 m, 20-21 October 2000 (SEMC). Total: 5.