Cephaloleia turrialbana Uhmann, 1930a

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 271

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia turrialbana Uhmann, 1930a Fig. 260

Cephalolia turrialbana Uhmann 1930a: 216.

Cephaloleia turrialbana Uhmann. Blackwelder 1946: 720 (catalog); Papp 1953: 23 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 27 (catalog); Wilcox 1983: 138 (catalog); Staines 1996: 67 (Central America species), 1997: 414 (Uhmann species list); Staines and Staines 1997: 22 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; head, antennae, pronotum, and scutellum dark; elytra reddish-brown with apical 1/5 dark and pale lateral margins; venter reddish-brown medially, dark laterally; legs yellowish. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 clavate, elongate; 2 transverse, ½ length of 1; 3 elongate, subequal in length of 1; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 pointed at apex, subequal in length to 1 or 3; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate apically; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; slight depression laterally behind middle; surface densely irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.3 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin nearly straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; flattened along suture; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.7 mm; elytral width 1.8 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; femur and tibia punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia fringed with setae at apex. Total length: 5.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia splendida . It can be distinguished by antennomere 1 being twice as long as 2 and by the lateral impression on the pronotum.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Panama.

Type material examines.

Holotype: Costa Rica, F. Nevermann [green label]/ Turrialba, 800 m, Slg. Schild [reversed green label]/ Type No. 54604 USNM [orange label]/ Holotype [red label]/ Det Uhmann/ Cephalolia turrialbana Uh. 30 (USNM).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Cartago- Turrialba, 500 m (USNM). PANAMA:?- XX Plantation, 8 February 1930 (USNM). Total: 2.