Cephaloleia nubila Weise, 1905b

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 198-199

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia nubila Weise, 1905b Fig. 197

Cephalolia nubila Weise 1905b: 55. Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 10 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 110 (noted), 1936f: 484 (key), 1938a: 407 (noted).

Cephaloleia nubila Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 22 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; black with submedial pronotal macula, and elytra with wide submedial transverse vitta yellowish; antennae dark, last three antennomeres yellowish; head black, reddish between antennae; scutellum black; pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellowish medially, black laterally; abdominal sterna black with yellowish lateral margin; legs with femur yellow basally, dark apically, tibiae and tarsi dark. Head: vertex finely punctate, faint medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, elongate; 2 subglobose, ⅓ length of 1; 3 weakly triangular in male, cylindrical in female, 2 × length of 2; 4-10 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length, each 2 × length of 2; 11 2½ x length of 10, longest; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved anteriorly; disc subconvex; surface finely punctate; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.2-1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.4-1.5 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; weakly punctate-striate, punctures obsolete apically; elytral length 5.1-5.3 mm; elytral width 2.0-2.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each with white seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin rounded. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.5-7.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia applicata . It can be distinguished by the pro-, meso-, and metasterna being impunctate laterally and by antennomeres 4 to 10 decreasing in length.

Distribution.

Brazil, Ecuador.

Type material examined.

Syntype: Ecuador, Chimbo, 1000', 7.1897, Rosenberg [printed label]/ I. Weise det. [printed label]/ Type [printed salmon-colored label]/ Cephalolia nubila m. [handwritten label] (ZMHB, 1).

Specimens examined.

Brazil: no further data (AMNH). Ecuador: no further data (BMNH). Pichincha- Chimbo (ZMHB); Pedro Vicente Maldonado, 3.5 km N, 530 m, 23 March 1999 (SEMC). Total: 5.