Cephaloleia polita Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 214-215

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia polita Weise, 1910 Fig. 211

Cephalolia polita Weise 1910: 83. Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 10 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 111 (noted), 1936f: 482 (key).

Cephaloleia polita Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 23 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 357 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; reddish, antennomeres 1-3 yellowish-brown, 4-11 darker. Head: vertex sparsely, irregularly punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, longest; 2 ½ length of 1; 3-5 cylindrical, subequal in length, each shorter than 2; 2-4 laterally compressed and triangular in male; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex, impunctate; sparsely punctate laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.6-1.8 mm; pronotal width 2.2-2.4 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; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 not edged with faint carina; weakly punctate-striate in male, strongly punctate-striate in female; humerus sparsely punctate; scutellar row long; elytral length 5.8-6.2 mm; elytral width 2.9-3.1 mm. Venter: last sternite with apical margin curved posteriorly in male; truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 8.3-8.8 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia dimidiaticornis and Cephaloleia latipennis . It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows being regular to the apex and by antennomere 1 being incrassate.

Distribution.

Colombia.

Type material examined.

Syntype: Columbien, Cauca bei Cali, Bürger [green printed label]/ J. Weise det. [printed label]/ Type [printed salmon-colored label]/ Cephalolia polita m. [handwritten label] (DEI, 1).

Specimens examined.

Colombia: Valle del Cauca- Cauca to Cali (BMNH, NHRS, ZMHB). Total: 9.