Cephaloleia teutonica Uhmann, 1937

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 264

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia teutonica Uhmann, 1937 Fig. 252

Cephalolia teutonica Uhmann 1937: 153.

Cephaloleia teutonica Uhmann. Uhmann 1957b: 26 (catalog), 1964b: 5 (faunal list); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 361 (types); Staines 1997 b: 414 (Uhmann species list).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; head, pronotum, scutellum, venter, and legs yellowish-brown; antennae and elytra black. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus present; keel present between antennal bases; eyes convex; frons sparsely punctate, not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; antennomere 1 thick, elongate in male, shorter in female; 2 transverse, ⅓ length of 1; 3-4 transverse, subequal in length, each longer than 2; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, weakly margined; anterior angle rounded, weakly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0-1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.3-1.5 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; sparsely punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, broadly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with small tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 edged with faint carina; moderately punctate-striate, punctures in row 8 larger, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.5-3.9 mm; elytral width 1.8-2.0 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; 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 rounded and emarginate medially in male, rounded in female. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex; Total length: 5.0-5.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia abdominalis , Cephaloleia amazona , Cephaloleia princeps , Cephaloleia steinhauseni , and Cephaloleia susanae sp. n. It can be distinguished by the straight lateral margins of the pronotum, by the vertex of the head having a medial sulcus, by antennomere 3 being longer than 2, and by the immaculate pronotum.

Distribution.

Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Río Grande do Sul, Santa Catharina, São Paulo).

Type material examined.

Holotype male: Brazil, S. Catharina, Nova Teutonia, Plaumann (DEI).

Specimens examined.

Brazil: Minas Gerais- Alagoa, Serra Branca, Murici, May 1964 (USNM). Santa Catharina- Corupa, October 1944, November 1944, December 1944 (AMNH); Nova Teutonia, 14 October 1938, 23 29 October 1942, September 1948, 4 December 1954 (USNM), 29 March 1938 (AMNH); Río Natal, September 1944 (AMNH), November 1976 (EGRC). São Paulo- São Paulo, 18 October 1940 (USNM); São Paulo Botanical Garden, 13 November 1971 (USNM); Cantareira, 29 October 1939 (USNM). Total: 16.