Cephaloleia abdominalis Pic, 1926c

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 50

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia abdominalis Pic, 1926c Fig. 63

Cephalolia abdominalis Pic 1926c: 9. Uhmann 1953 d: 47 (faunal list).

Cephaloleia abdominalis Pic. Uhmann 1957b: 14 (catalog), 1964a: 402 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; black; pronotum, scutellum, and abdomen testaceous; elytra with reddish tinge at humeri. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: longer than head and pronotum combined; antennomere 1 incrassate; 2 ¾ length of 1; 3-4 elongate, 3 as long as 1 and 2 combined, longest; 4 ¾ length of 3; 5-10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 longer than 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate then rounding to anterior angle, margined, very finely serrulate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate, punctures more dense laterally and basally; disc nearly impunctate; transverse basal impression present; pronotal length 1.3 mm; pronotal width 2.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, moderately margined, finely serrulate below humerus; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; subconvex; moderately punctate-striate, punctures obsolete apically; with medial longitudinal depression on disc; elytral width 4.2 mm; elytral width 2.2 mm. Venter: obscured by card mount. Leg: femur and tibia punctate, each puncture with pale seta. Total length: 7.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species falls into a group of bicolored species with pronotum yellowish or reddish which includes Cephaloleia amazona , Cephaloleia princeps , Cephaloleia steinhauseni , Cephaloleia susanae sp. n., and Cephaloleia teutonica . It can be distinguished from all of these species by the sinuate lateral margins of the pronotum, by the finely serrulate lateral margin of the elytra below the humerus, and the immaculate pronotum.

Distribution.

Peru.

Type material examined.

Pérou, Prov. Huallaga, Tocache, 500 m, G A Baer, 10-11-1900 [printed green label)/ abdominalis sp. n. [handwritten label]/ Type [handwritten label]/ coll. Pic [handwritten label]/ Museum Paris, Coll. M. Pic [blue printed label]/ Type [printed red label]/ Cephaleia abdominalis Pic [printed label]/ Holotype [printed red label]/ MNHN EC 2644 [printed label] (MNHN).