Cephaloleia daguana Uhmann, 1930e

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 106-107

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia daguana Uhmann, 1930e Fig. 111

Cephalolia daguana Uhmann 1930e: 149. Uhmann 1936b: 110 (noted), 1936f: 482 (key), 1938a: 407 (distribution).

Cephaloleia daguana Uhmann. Uhmann 1950a: 274 (sculpture), 1957b: 17 (catalog), 1964a: 403 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 346 (types); Staines 1997 b: 413 (Uhmann species list).

Cephalolia palmarum Pic 1923: 9 (type: Ecuador, MNHN, NHRS, not seen).

Cephaloleia palmarum Pic. Uhmann 1957b: 23 (catalog), 1961b: 23 (synonymy), 1964a: 404 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types).

Cephaloleia daguana palmarum Pic. Uhmann 1964a: 404 (transfer).

Description.

Slightly elongate; subdepressed; shining; yellowish-brown; head, antennae, and broad medial pronotal vitta black; elytra with black vitta from base along suture extending to beyond middle, reaches to puncture row 7 just below humeri and black apical macula; venter bright yellowish-brown. Head: vertex smooth, with small tubercle and faint medial carina; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; slender; male with antennomere 1 elongate, 2 × as long as wide, with triangular projection; 2 ½ length 1, weakly triangular; 3 and 4 as long as 2, strongly triangular; 11 elongate-oval; female with 1 elongate, 2 conical; 3-4 concial, shorter than 2; 5-10 subequal in length, each shorter than 4; 11 2 × length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle broadly rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; basal margin narrowly margined; disc subconvex, surface distinctly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 2.0-2.2 mm; pronotal width 2.4-2.6 mm. Scutellum: elongate pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex nearly truncate; sutural angle with small tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; strongly punctate-striate, punctures confused apically; elytral length 7.2-7.4 mm; elytral width 3.2-3.4 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 weakly rounded in male, bisinuate in female. Leg: robust; thick; punctate; femur and tibia with pale seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 9.9-10.2 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia laeta . It can be distinguished by the small tubercle on the vertex of the head.

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador.

Type material examined.

Paralectotype: Colombia, Río Dagua, Felsche [printed label]/ Paratypus [red printed label]/ Cephalolia daguana Uh., E. Uhmann det. (DEI).

Specimens examined.

Colombia: no further data (DEI). ECUADOR: Imbabura- Cachabé, November 1896 (USNM); Cachabé to Paramba, February 1897 (USNM). Loja- no further data (USNM). Pichincha- Estación Orongo, Palmitopomba, 23 July 2001 (USNM). Total: 30.