Cephaloleia parvula Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 208-209

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia parvula Weise, 1910 Fig. 207

Cephalolia parvula Weise 1910: 93. Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 116 (noted).

Cephaloleia parvula Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 23 (catalog).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; head black; antennomeres 1-7 reddish, 8-11 darker; palps and legs yellowish; pronotum black with paler anterior and lateral margins; elytra reddish-yellow with black longitudinal vitta on basal ½ along suture and black dilated macula apically; venter with pro- and mesosterna black, metasternum reddish-yellow medially, black laterally, abdominal sterna reddish-yellow; legs reddish-yellow. Head: vertex distinctly, finely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1-5 elongate, cylindrical; 1 slightly longer and thicker than 2; 3 longer than 1; 4-5 shorter than 3, subequal in length; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then weakly rounding to anterior angle, distinctly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface finely punctate, with medial dilated line impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.8-1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.0-1.2 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures large, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 2.9-3.2 mm; elytral width 1.3-1.5 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 truncate, rounded medially in male, emarginate medially in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.9-4.1 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia emdeni . It can be distinguished by the vertex of the head beign depressed between the eyes.

Host plant.

According to the label data, adults have been collected on Carex sp. ( Cyperaceae ).

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil (Goyas, Río Grande do Sul).

Type material examined.

Syntype: Brasilia, Goyaz, Jatahy, Clavareau [green printed label]/ J. Weise det. [printed label]/ Type [printed salmon-colored label]/ Cephalolia parvula m. [handwritten label] (ZMHB,1).

Specimens examined.

Bolivia: La Paz- Mapiri Dist., September 1925 (USNM). Santa Cruz- Andres Ibanez, Potreillos de Grunda, 400 m, 14-18 January 2007 (USNM). Brazil: Río Grande do Sul- Vila Oliva, 4 February 1952 (USNM). Total: 3.