Cephaloleia lydiae Uhmann, 1954

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 180-181

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia lydiae Uhmann, 1954 Fig. 181

Cephaloleia lydiae Uhmann 1954: 497. Uhmann 1957b: 21 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 353 (types); Staines 1997 b: 413 (Uhmann species list).

Description.

Ovate; subconvex; shining; yellowish-brown; head and antennae black; elytra with variable black markings; venter black. Head: vertex finely, densely punctate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; robust, filiform; antennomere 1 longest; 2-10 subequal in length, each ½ length of 1; 11 3 × length of 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate, medial longitudinal line impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.7 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, weakly margined; apex weakly rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.9 mm; elytral width 2.2 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna rugose medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with white seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin rounded. Leg: slender, impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia fryella and can be distinguished by the vertex of the head having a medial carina and by the sinuate lateral margins of the pronotum.

Distribution.

Brazil (Bahia).

Type material examined.

Holotype: Brazil, Bahia, Bondar [printed label]/ 2365 [handwritten label]/ Holotypus [red printed label]/ Cephaloleia lydiae Uh., Det. E. Uhmann (BMNH).