Cephaloleia brevis Staines

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 82-83

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia brevis Staines sp. n. Fig. 89

Description.

Small; stubby; subdepressed; head black, antennomeres 1-2 reddish-brown, 3-10 black, 11 black basally, pale apically, pronotum black with pale lateral margins, scutellum elytra, and venter castaneous, legs yellowish-brown. Head: vertex moderately punctate; medial sulcus absent; keel present between antennal bases; frons punctate, not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, cylindrical; 2-3 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 1; 4-5 cylindrical, subequal in length, longest; 6-10 transverse; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight slightly converging basally then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate medially, denser and larger punctures laterally and basally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded, finely serrate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, row 10 removed from lateral margin along constriction, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.0 mm; elytral width 1.8 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; apical margin of last sternite emarginate medially in male. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner apical margin. Total length: 4.0 mm.

Etymology.

Brevis (Latin) meaning short or narrow for the short, stubby appearance of this species.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia pretiosa . It can be easily be distinguished by the serrulate apical margin of the elytra.

Distribution.

French Guiana.

Type material.

Holotype male: French Guiana, Saul, 7 km N, 0.5 km ESE, Les Eaux Claires, Mt. Le Fumée, 3°39'46"N, 53°13'19"W, 300 m, 4-8 Jun 1997, J. Ashe, R. Brooks, FG1AB97 164, ex. flight intercept trap/ Holotype Cephaloleia brevis Staines, des. C. L. Staines 2012 (red label) (SEMC).