Cephaloleia deplanata Uhmann, 1927

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 109-110

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia deplanata Uhmann, 1927 Fig. 115

Cephalolia deplanata Uhmann 1927: 51. Uhmann 1930d: 150 (noted).

Cephaloleia deplanata Uhmann. Uhmann 1948a: 220 (noted), 1957b: 17 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 347 (types); Staines 1997 b: 413 (Uhmann species list).

Description.

Elongate; subdepressed; shining; pitchy-black except lateral margin of pronotum and elytra; elytra with metallic sheen; antennae and venter brownish. Head: vertex punctate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomere 1 elongate; 2 shorter than 1; 3 subequal in length to 1; 4-10 elongate, nearly as long as 3; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin arcuate, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subdepressed; surface with large rounded punctures present laterally, disc nearly impunctate; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 0.9-1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.3-1.7 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin weakly rounded, smooth, narrowly margined; apex obliquely rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; weakly punctate-striate, punctures weaker apically; pygidium visible, triangular in female, angulate in male; elytral length 3.1-3.5 mm; elytral width 1.6-1.9 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna sparsely punctate; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin strongly sinuate in male, emarginate medially in female. Leg: slender; punctate; femur and tibia with pale seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.0-5.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia coroicoana , Cephaloleia fiebrigi , Cephaloleia marantae , and Cephaloleia rufipes . It can be distinguished by the basal impression on the pronotum, by the elytral punctures being distinct basally and apically, and by the puncture rows not converging and uniting apically.

Host plant.

According to label data, adults have been collected feeding on Elaeis guineensis Jacq. ( Arecaceae ).

Distribution.

Brazil (Bahia, Rondonia), Suriname, Venezuela.

Type material examined.

Holotype male: Suriname, ♂, Haag/ Holotypus [red label]/ Cephalolia deplanata Uh., Det. E. Uhmann (DEI).

Specimens examined.

Brazil: Bahia- no further data (USNM); Opalma, 27 June 1967 (USNM); Sta. Amaro, 16 December 1996 (USNM). Rondonia- 62 km SW Ariquames, Fzda Rancho Grande, 15 November 1994 (BYUC). Venezuela: Aragua- Rancho Grande Biological Station, 1100 m, 4 June 1996 (SEMC). Total: 30.