Cephaloleia trilineata Uhmann, 1942b

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 266

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia trilineata Uhmann, 1942b Fig. 255

Cephalolia trilineata Uhmann 1942 b: 101.

Cephaloleia trilineata Uhmann. Uhmann 1957b: 26 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 361 (types); Staines 1997 b: 414 (Uhmann species list).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; shining; yellowish-brown; antennomeres 1-2 reddish-brown, 3-11 black; head with vertex black; scutellum black; elytra with sutural vitta, vitta from humerus to near apex, and apex black. Head: vertex densely punctate medially, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres elongate, nearly subequal in length; 1 shortest; 11 longest, rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle obtuse, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved anteriorly; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4-1.6 mm; pronotal width 1.7-1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, slightly laminate; apex rounded; sutural angle weakly emarginate, with small tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, puncture rows 3-4 confused at base, rows converge and unite apically; pygidium punctate; elytral length 4.3-4.5 mm; elytral width 2.1-2.2 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin broadly emarginate medially in female. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.0-6.2 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia abdita sp. n. and Cephaloleia gemma sp. n. It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows 3 and 4 being confused basally, by the sutural angle of the elytra having a small tooth, and by antennomere 1 being shorter than 2.

Distribution.

Brazil ( Río de Janiero).

Type material examined.

Holotype: Brazil, Est. do Río, Itatiaya, 705 m, 30.X.1933, Zikan (DEI).

Specimens examined.

Brazil: São Paulo- Río Piracicaba, February 1885 (USNM). Total: 1.