Cephaloleia rosenbergi Weise, 1905b

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 231-232

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766

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scientific name

Cephaloleia rosenbergi Weise, 1905b
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia rosenbergi Weise, 1905b View in CoL Fig. 224

Cephalolia rosenbergi Weise 1905b: 55. Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 10 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 110 (noted), 1938a: 408 (noted).

Cephaloleia rosenbergi Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 24 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; depressed; yellowish with dark markings; antennae, head, medial longitudinal pronotal vitta, scutellum, elytral base and apex dark; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna reddish-yellow medially, dark laterally, abdominal sterna dark medially, pale laterally; legs dark except basal ¾ of femora. Head: vertex sparsely, irregularly punctate, medial sulcus present, sulcus present near eye; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 thick, transverse, shortest; 2 elongate, subequal to 4; 3 elongate, longer than 2; 2-4 triangularly produced in male, cylindrical in female; 5-10 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 4; 11 slightly longer than 10, pointed at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle slightly rounded, not produced; posterior angle subangulate; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; slight transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.4-1.6 mm; pronotal width 1.5-1.7 mm. Scutellum: triangular; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; weakly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 5.6-6.0 mm; elytral width 2.1-2.4 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 bisinuate in male, rounded in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.5-8.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This is the only South American species with a darker apical portion of the elytra and a black longitudinal vitta on the pronotum.

Distribution.

Ecuador.

Type material examined.

Syntype: Ecuador, Chimbo, 3000', 8.1897, Rosenberg [printed label]/ I. Weise det. [printed label]/ Type [printed salmon-colored label]/ Cephalolia rosenbergi m. [handwritten label] (BMNH, 1).

Specimens examined.

Ecuador: no further data (USNM). Imbabama- Cachabe, January 1897 (USNM). Los Ríos- Río Palenque, 47 km S Sto. Domingo, 220 m, 26 August 1997 (CDFA, USNM). Pichincha- Chimbo (ZMHB, MNHN); above Chimbo, 3000', August 1897 (USNM); Estación Orongo, Palmitopomba, 9 November 1999, 23 July 2001, 6 September 2002 (USNM); Reserva Maquipucuna, Cerro de Nanegal, 18 July 2001 (USNM). Total: 30.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Cephaloleia