Cephaloleia punctatissima Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 223

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia punctatissima Weise, 1910 Fig. 218

Cephaloleia punctatissima Weise 1910: 94. Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 13 (catalog).

Cephaloleia punctatissima Weise. Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953: 21 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 24 (catalog); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Staines 1996: 52 (Central America species).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; shining; black. Head: vertex densely punctate laterally, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting, densely punctate; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1, 3-5 cylindrical; 1 longer than 2, subequal to 3; 2 transverse; 3 elongate; 4-5 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length, each longer than 2; 11 longer than 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface strongly and densely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.6 mm. Scutellum: triangular; micropunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded, finely serrate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.3 mm; elytral width 2.1 mm. Venter: metasternum and abdominal sterna punctate laterally. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.4 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia gilvipes . It can be distinguished by the black coloration and by the elytral puncture rows converging and uniting apically.

Biology.

Specimens have been collected sweeping vegetation.

Distribution.

Mexico.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Guadalajara 11 [printed label]/ Mexico, J. Flohr G. [green printed label]/ J. Weise det. [printed label]/ 247 [handwritten label]/ Type [red printed label]/ 95057 [handwritten label]/ Zool. Mus. Berlin [printed label]/ Cephalolia punctatissima m. [handwritten label] (ZMHB).

Specimens examined.

MEXICO: Jalisco- MX 80, 26 km S. Autlan, 18 July 2006 (BYUC). Total: 1.