Cephaloleia striata Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 253

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia striata Weise, 1910 Fig. 242

Cephalolia striata Weise 1910: 88. Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 114 (noted), 1942b: 94 (noted).

Cephaloleia striata Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 25 (catalog).

Description.

Large; oblong; subdepressed; shining; reddish-brown with eyes and apical four antennomeres darker (except apex of antennomere 11). Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial carina present; frons with medial carina; frons not projecting; weakly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; antennomere 1 large, longer than 2 and 3 combined; 2-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 slightly longer than 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight and divergent for basal ½ then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely punctate, punctures larger and more dense laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.5-1.7 mm; pronotal width 2.5-2.7 mm. Scutellum: triangular; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded, smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows 5 and 6 unite and become obsolete apically; interval 4 carinate at base; elytral length 6.0-6.2 mm; elytral width 3.1-3.5 mm. Venter: pro-, meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with white seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, rounded, entire in female. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.7-8.1 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia interstitialis , Cephaloleia subdepressa , Cephaloleia truncatipennis , and Cephaloleia unctula . It can be distinguished by a transverse basal impression on the pronotum and by antennomere 1 being as long as 2 and 3 combined.

Distribution.

Brazil, Ecuador.

Type material examined.

Syntype: Südamerika [green printed label]/ J. Weise det. [printed label]/ Type [printed salmon-colored label]/ Cephalolia striata m. [handwritten label] (ZMHB, 1).

Specimens examined.

Ecuador: Napo- Limonocha, 3 June 1977 (USNM). Total: 6.