Cephaloleia succincta Guerin-Meneville , 1844

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 256

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia succincta Guerin-Meneville, 1844 Fig. 245

Cephaloleia succincta Guérin–Méneville 1844: 282. Baly 1858: 58 (redescription); Uhmann 1957b: 26 (catalog), 1966d: 269 (noted).

Cephalolia succincta Guérin-Méneville. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3602 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 551 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog).

Description.

Large; elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; yellowish; head, antennae, pronotal macula (may be absent), and transverse elytral vitta on apical ½ black. Head: vertex finely, moderately punctate, faint medial sulcus present; frons slightly projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; cylindrical; antennomere 1 incrassate, longest; 2 less than ½ length of 1; 3 elongate, 2 × length 2; 4-6 transverse, decreasing in length. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle obtuse, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; transverse basal impression present; pronotal length 1.8 mm; pronotal width 2.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with minute tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; disc convex; moderately punctate-striate, punctures confused at apex; elytral length 6.4 mm; elytral width 2.7 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin slightly concave-emarginate in male, sinuate in female. Leg: slender; sparsely punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 8.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia alternans and Cephaloleia nana sp. n. It can be distinguished by the canaliculate lateral margins of the pronotum.

Distribution.

Colombia.

Type material.

Type: Colombia (depository unknown, not examined).

Specimens examined.

No label data (USNM). Total: 1.