Cephaloleia amblys Staines, 1996

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 58-59

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia amblys Staines, 1996 Image not available

Cephaloleia amblys Staines 1996: 15.

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; brownish; head and pronotum darker; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna pale medially, dark laterally. Head: vertex punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, longer than 2 or 3; 2-3 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 1; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin canaliculate, straight and divergent for basal ½ then rounding to anterior angle; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely punctate, more dense laterally, apical margin impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.7 mm; pronotal width 1.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; weakly punctate-striate, humerus virtually impunctate; puncture rows converge and unite at apex; elytral length 2.4 mm; elytral width 1.3 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; meso- and metasterna punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: robust; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.4 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is most similar to Cephaloleia facetus . It can be distinguished by the pronotum being darker in color than the elytra and with antennomere 1 being longer than 2.

Distribution.

Panama.

Type material.

Holotype: Panama: Canal Zone, Madden Forest, mi 5.0, 9°07'N, 79°38'W / 19-vii-1971, H. A. Hespenheide/ Cephaloleia tenella Baly CWT iii73/ Holotype Cephaloleia amblys Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CHAH, not seen).

Comments.

Repeated requests for the loan of this specimen went unanswered. Image not included in the monograph.