Cephaloleia recondita Pic, 1923

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 228-229

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia recondita Pic, 1923 Fig. 222

Cephalolia recondita Pic 1923: 9. Uhmann 1938a: 411 (noted), 1942b: 98 (noted).

Cephaloleia recondita Pic. Uhmann 1957b: 24 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; pronotum, scutellum, venter, and legs yellowish-brown; antennae, vertex of head, and mouthparts black; elytra black with yellowish-brown maculae- a heart-shaped macula near scutellum reaching to puncture row 5 and extending to near middle along suture and a transverse nearly rectangular band just behind middle from suture to puncture row 5. Head: vertex with very fine punctures, with weak medial sulcus; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 robust, elongate, cylindrical, 2 × length 2; 2 transverse, shortest; 3-10 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length; 11 longer than 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: slightly transverse; lateral margin straight for basal 4/5 then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex, impunctate; surface with scattered, shallow punctures laterally and basally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.5-1.7 mm; pronotal width 1.7-1.9 mm. Scutellum: elongate pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 not edged with faint carina; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; pygidium densely setose; elytral length 5.9-6.2 mm; elytral width 2.4-2.6 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, rounded in female. Leg: slender; sparsely punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.8-8.2 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia bifasciata and Cephaloleia hnigrum . It can be distinguished by the black elytra with yellowish-brown maculae.

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador.

Type material.

Type: Ecuador (MNHN, not seen).

Specimens examined.

Colombia: Valle de Cauca- Río Dagua (USNM). Ecuador: no further data (MNHN). Esmeraldas- 31.7 km NW Lita, 620 m, 23 August 1997 (CDFA, USNM). Pichincha- Chimba, 1000 feet, August 1897 (USNM). Total: 6.