Cephaloleia clarkella Baly, 1858

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 91-92

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia clarkella Baly, 1858 Fig. 99

Cephalolia clarkella Baly 1858: 49. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3601 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 548 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 7 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1953 d: 46 (faunal list).

Cephaloleia clarkella Baly. Uhmann 1957b: 16 (catalog), 1964b: 16 (faunal list); Balazuc 1988: 397 (pathogens); Staines and Staines 1999: 523 (Baly species list).

Description.

Elongate; subdepressed; shining; head, antennae, pronotum, and legs black, scutellum and elytra yellowish, venter yellowish. Head: vertex densely punc tate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, elongate; 2-3 elongate, subequal in length, shorter than 1; 4 ¾ length of 3, elongate; 5 shorter than 4; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length of 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate at base then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc moderately convex; surface sparsely punctate, punctures more dense laterally and basally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3-1.7 mm; pronotal width 2.0-2.2 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; sparsely punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; slightly convex, slightly flattened along suture; punctate-striate, punctures more impressed basally and laterally; elytral length 5.3-5.8 mm; elytral width 2.9-3.2 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; last sternite with apical margin sinuate medially in male, entire in female. Leg: slender; punctate; femur and tibia with pale seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.1-7.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia luridipennis . It can be distinguished by the pronotum lacking a transverse basal impression and by antennomere 1 being longer than 2.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru.

Type material examined.

Syntype: Peru [handwritten label]/ Baly coll. [printed label]/ Cephalolia clarkella Baly, Peru [blue handwritten label] (BMNH, 1).

Specimens examined.

Brazil: Amazonas- Pontehoa (?) (USNM). Ecuador: Orellana- 1 km S Onkone Gare Camp, Reserva Etnica Waorani, 216.3 m, 9 February 1995, 1 July 1995 (USNM); Tiputini Biodiversity Station, nr. Yasuni National Park, 220-250 m, 6 February 1999 (USNM). Peru: no further data (USNM). Total: 5.