Cephaloleia rufipes Pic, 1929b

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 235-236

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia rufipes Pic, 1929b Fig. 227

Cephalolia rufipes Pic 1929b: 183. Bachmann and Cabrera 2010: 71 (types).

Cephaloleia rufipes Pic. Uhmann 1957b: 25 (catalog).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; black with legs reddish; venter covered with white pubescence (denser on abdomen). Head: vertex finely, densely punctate; medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; antennomeres 1-2 subequal in length, slightly elongate; 3-5 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 2; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight for basal ⅔ then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface irregularly, sparsely punctate; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.1 mm; pronotal width 1.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex subrounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; strongly, irregularly punctate-striate at base, apex with punctures nearly obsolete; interspaces slightly raised; elytral length 3.8 mm; elytral width 1.6 mm. Venter: obscured by card. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia coroicoana , Cephaloleia deplanata , Cephaloleia fiebrigi , and Cephaloleia marantae . It can be distinguished by the basal impression on the pronotum and by the elytral punctures being obsolete basally.

Distribution.

Brazil.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Brazil, coll. Bruch [printed label]/ Cephalolia [handwritten label]/ rufipes sp. n. [handwritten label] (MACN).