Cephaloleia zikani Uhmann, 1935b

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 284

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia zikani Uhmann, 1935b Fig. 271

Cephalolia zikani Uhmann 1935b: 48. Uhmann 1940: 114 (noted).

Cephaloleia zikani Uhmann. Uhmann 1938b: 365 (faunal list), 1957b: 27 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 363 (types); Staines 1997 b: 414 (Uhmann species list).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; black. Head: vertex lightly punctate, with medial fovea; keel present between antennal bases; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomeres 1-2 transverse, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 3; 3 elongate, cylindrical, longest; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length, each slightly longer than 1 or 2; 11 2 × length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, slightly canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely punctate laterally and basally; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.0-1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.4-1.6 mm. Scutellum: broadly pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded, finely serrulate; sutural angle with small tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; strongly punctate-striate, rows confused near apex; elytral length 3.5-3.9 mm; elytral width 1.7-1.9 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 truncate in male, emarginate medially in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.9-5.3 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia depressa , Cephaloleia donckieri , Cephaloleia elaeidis , and Cephaloleia tarsata . It can be distinguished by the medial fovea on the vertex of the head and by the smooth lateral margins of the pronotum and the smooth apical margins of the elytra.

Distribution.

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catharina).

Type material examined.

Holotype: Brazil, Est. do Río, Itatiaya, 1000 m, 5.XI.1931, Zikan (DEI).

Specimens examined.

Brazil: Santa Catharina- Nova Teutonia, 2 October 1936, 11 January 1937, 6 June 1940, 17 June 1940, 5 August 1949, January 1967, February 1977 (USNM), no date (AMNH), September 1976, October 1976, November 1976, December 1976, January 1977, February 1977 (EGRC). Total: 24.