Cephaloleia uniguttata Pic, 1923

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 274-275

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia uniguttata Pic, 1923 Fig. 263

Cephalolia uniguttata Pic 1923: 9. Uhmann 1953 d: 48 (faunal list).

Cephaloleia uniguttata Pic. Uhmann 1957b: 27 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Description.

Suboval; subconvex; black; pronotum red laterally; elytra reddish-yellow with large rounded black sutural macula after middle; legs and abdomen red. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; 1 subincrassate, elongate; 2 transverse, ½ length of 1; 3 elongate, cylindrical, 1½ x of 2; 4-5 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 3; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 5; 11 2 × length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ½ then rounding to anterior angle, broadly margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly, strongly punctate; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight for basal ⅔ then narrowing, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with minute tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures reduced at humerus, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.6 mm; elytral width 2.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially 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: 5.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia insidiosa . It can be distinguished by the pronotum having reddish lateral margins and by the elytra having an ovoid black medial macula on the apical ½.

Distribution.

Ecuador, Peru.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Pérou [handwritten label]/ Type [white label with red printing]/ Cephalolia uniguttata m., type [handwritten label]/ uniguttata Pic (1923) [handwritten label]/ Museum Paris Coll. M. Pic [printed blue label]/ Type [printed red label]/ Cephaloleia uniguttata Pic [printed label]/ Holotype [red printed label]/ MNHN EC 2651 [printed label] (MNHN).

Specimens examined.

Ecuador: Napo- Sacha Lodge, 270 m, 24 March- 5 April 1994, 14-24 May 1994, 13-23 June 1994, 25 July- 3 August 1994, 10-21 October 1994 (SEMC). Orellana- Estación Cientifica Yasuni, 5-10 September 1999 (EGRC). Peru: Loreto- 80 km NE Iquitos, Explorama Lodge, 1 km up Río Yanamono from Amazon River, at light, 1-5 September 1992 (EGRC). Total: 10.