Cephaloleia apicalis Baly, 1858

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 62

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

publication LSID

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scientific name

Cephaloleia apicalis Baly, 1858
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia apicalis Baly, 1858 View in CoL Fig. 74

Cephalolia apicalis Baly 1858: 41. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3601 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 548 (catalog); Weise 1910: 84 (noted), 1911a: 7 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 111 (noted), 1936f: 482 (key).

Cephaloleia apicalis Baly. Uhmann 1957b: 15 (catalog); Staines and Staines 1999: 523 (Baly species list).

Description.

Elongate; subdepressed; shining; reddish-yellow, antennae (except basal antennomere), eyes, and apical ⅓ of elytra darker. Head: vertex sparsely punctate near eyes, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; robust; antennomeres 1-5 laterally subcompressed in male, 2-3 subequal in length, triangular; female with 1 incrassate, 2½ x length of 2; 3 ¾ length of 1; 4-5 subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 6-10 subequal in length, transverse; each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface finely, sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.9-2.2 mm; pronotal width 2.3-2.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, narrowly margined, smooth; apical margin rounded, smooth; sutural angle emarginate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; subconvex, somewhat flattened on disc; moderately punctate-striate; elytral length 6.0-6.2 mm; elytral width 2.8-3.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; pygidium obtuse; last sternite with apical margin sinuate in male, truncate in female. Leg: punctate; femur robust; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.8-9.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species belongs to a group of species with an immaculate pronotum and the apical portion of the elytra darkened. It is most similar to Cephaloleia fulvipes . It can be distinguished by the elytral punctures along the suture being distinct near the apex.

Distribution.

Colombia.

Type material examined.

Syntypes: Columbia [misspelling, handwritten label]/ Baly coll. [printed label]/ Cephalolia apicalis Baly, Columbia [misspelling, blue handwritten label] (BMNH, 2).

Specimens examined.

Colombia: no further data (USNM).?: Nova Granada (USNM). Antioquia- Puerto Berrío, 8 August 1939 (USNM). Sartander- Puerto Barrie, 8 August 1938 (USNM). Total: 15.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Cephaloleia