Cephaloleia brunnea Staines, 1996

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 83-84

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766

publication LSID

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scientific name

Cephaloleia brunnea Staines, 1996
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia brunnea Staines, 1996 View in CoL Fig. 90

Cephaloleia brunnea Staines 1996: 21. Staines 2008: 2 (key), 2009a: 21 (noted).

Description.

Elongate; subconvex; small; brown; pronotum and head slightly darker than elytra; elytra with suture darker; venter dark brown; leg with tarsi and apex of tibia paler than rest. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, subequal in length to 3; 2 transverse, shorter than 1 or 3; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1 and 3; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc slightly convex; surface deeply punctate; punctures more dense laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.7-0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.0-1.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.0-3.1 mm; elytral width 1.3-1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin broadly emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.0-4.1 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia rubra . It can be distinguished by the densely punctate pronotum and by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 3.

Distribution.

Trinidad.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Morne Bleu, 2700', Trinidad, W. I., Aug. 6,1969, H. and A. Howden/ Holotype Cephaloleia brunnea Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CMNC).

Specimens examined.

TRINIDAD: Curepe, St. George Par., 28-30 November 1977 (CNC); Morne Bleu, 2700', 15 August 1969 (CMNC); N. range, Arima-Blanchisseuse rd., mi. 10, 11 May 1985 (EGRC); St. Augustine, Mt. St. Benedict Abby, 9 July 1994 (EGRC). Total: 9.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Cephaloleia