Cephaloleia kolbei Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 168-169

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia kolbei Weise, 1910 Fig. 170

Cephaloleia kolbei Weise 1910: 85. Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 10 (catalog); Uhmann 1957b: 21 (catalog).

Cephalolia kolbei Weise. Uhmann 1936b: 110 (noted), 1936f: 482 (key).

Description.

Slightly elongate; subparallel; large; subconvex; shining; reddish; elytra with dark macula near scutellum, a second at humerus and third near apex. Head: vertex sparsely, irregularly punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, elongate; 2 ½ length of 1; 3 longer than 2 but shorter than 1; 4-10 transverse; 4 shorter than 3; 5 as long as wide, shorter than 4; 6 longer than 5; 7-10 subequal in length, each shorter than 6; 11 2 × length of 10, elongate-oval; 2-4 triangularly compressed in male; 1-5 punctate with scattered setae; 6-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly divergent then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle angulate, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.9-2.1 mm; pronotal width 2.4-2.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; sparsely punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures confused apically; elytral length 7.5-7.8 mm; elytral width 3.1-3.5 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 weakly rounded, almost truncate in male, bisinuate in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 9.7-10.2 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia quinquemaculata and Cephaloleia sagittifera . It can be distinguished by the lateral margin of the pronotum being straight and divergent, not canaliculate.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Type material.

Type: Colombia, Cauca bei Cali (ZMHB, not seen).

Specimens examined.

No label data (USNM). BOLIVIA: Cochabamba- Chapare, January 1952, November 1953, December 1985 (USNM). BRAZIL: Bahia- São Paulo d’Olivenca (USNM). Colombia: Valle de Cauca- Cauca to Cali (ZMHB). Ecuador: Napo- Huaticocha, 19 August 1997 (USNM); Limoncocha, 7 June 1977 (USNM). PERU: Madre de Dios- CICRA Field Station, 272 m, 12 June 2011 (SEMC). Pasco- Villa Pica-Puerto Bermudas Rd., 1350 m, 17 October 1999 (SEMC, USNM). Ucayali- Tingo Maria-Pucalipa Rd., Puente Chipo km 205, 1300 m, 14 October 1999 (SEMC, USNM). Total: 79.