Cephaloleia deyrollei Baly, 1858

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 111-112

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia deyrollei Baly, 1858 Fig. 117

Cephalolia deyrollei Baly 1858: 53. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3601 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 548 (catalog); Weise 1910: 89 (noted), 1911a: 7 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog).

Cephaloleia deyrollei Baly. Lüderwaldt 1910: 61 (host plant); Uhmann 1957b: 17 (catalog), 1964b: 4 (faunal list); Buck 1958: 146 (museum list); Staines and Staines 1999: 523 (Baly species list); Staines 2004 a: 312 (host plant).

Description.

Elongate; moderately convex; black, eyes dark, antennomeres all black or 1-4 yellowish, 5-11 dark, elytra with yellowish vitta from humeri to just beyond middle, lateral margin yellowish; venter black, abdominal sterna yellowish laterally; legs yellowish. Head: vertex punctate, medial sulcus absent; small tubercle present on front; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, 2 × length of 2; 2 transverse, shortest; 3 cylindrical, subequal in length to 1; 4-5 subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 6-10 trans verse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length 10, rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface deeply, sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.2-1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.3-1.5 mm. Scutellum: broadly pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, slightly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; distinctly punctate-striate; interspaces slightly raised; elytral length 4.2-5.3 mm; elytral width 1.8-2.2 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin broadly, weakly emarginate medially in male, rounded, entire in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex Total length: 5.8-7.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia flavovittata . It can be distinguished by antennomere 1 being elongate.

Host plant.

Marantha sp. ( Marantaceae ) ( Lüderwaldt 1910).

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia, Corcovado, Paraná, Río de Janiero, Santa Catharina, São Paulo), Ecuador, French Guiana.

Type material examined.

Holotype male: St. Catharina [handwritten label]/ Baly coll. [printed label]/ Cephalolia deyrollei Baly, St. Catharina [blue handwritten label] (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

BOLIVIA: Cochabamba- Para Chapare, Villa Tuneri, 450 m, November 1952 (USNM). Brazil: Bahia- no further data (USNM). Río de Janiero- Corcovado, Río Guanabara, 19 September 1961 (USNM); Nuri, 1000 m, 26 February 1952 (USNM). Santa Catharina- Río Vermeine, June 1946 (USNM). Goiás- Therezopolis, October 1944 (USNM). São Paulo- Casa Grande, September 1938 (USNM). ECUADOR: Bolivar- Balzapamba, March-April 1894 (USNM). French Guiana: Region 8, Iwokrama Forest, Kabocalli Field Station, 4 June 2001, 5 June 2001 (SEMC). Total: 21.