Cephaloleia flavovittata Baly, 1858

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 143-144

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia flavovittata Baly, 1858 Fig. 143

Cephalolia flavovittata Baly 1858: 52. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3601 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 549 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog); Bondar 1938: 17 (host plant).

Cephaloleia flavovittata Baly. Lima 1955: 202 (faunal list); Uhmann 1957b: 19 (catalog); Staines and Staines 1999: 524 (Baly species list).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; flattened; black; pronotum with lateral margin yellow; elytra with lateral margin yellow and yellow vitta from humerus to middle; legs yellow. Head: vertex punctate; carina present near base of antennae; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: nearly ½ length of body; slender; antennomeres 1 and 2 transverse, subequal in length; 3 elongate, as long as 1 and 2 combined; 4-10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1 and 2 with scattered setae; 3-11 covered with yellow setae. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight and slightly divergent for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex with scattered punctures; surface impunctate medially; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded, smooth; sutural angle emarginate, without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.9 mm; elytral width 2.0 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 broadly truncate-emarginate in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia deyrollei . It can be distinguished by antennomere 1 being transverse.

Host plant.

Pharus latifolius L. ( Poaceae ) ( Bondar 1938).

Distribution.

Brazil.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Brazil [handwritten label] Fry coll. [printed label]/ Cephalolia flavovitta Baly, Brazil [blue handwritten label] (BMNH).