Cephaloleia laeta Waterhouse, 1881

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 170-171

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia laeta Waterhouse, 1881 Fig. 171

Cephaloleia laeta Waterhouse 1881: 262. Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Uhmann 1951: 72 (noted), 1957a: 21 (catalog); Papp 1953: 18 (catalog); Staines 1996: 40 (Central America species).

Cephalolia laeta Waterhouse. Donckier 1899: 549 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog); Uhmann 1931: 219 (museum list), 1936a: 114 (noted).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; shining, yellow; eyes, antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum with black medial vitta; elytra with black lateral and apical maculae. Head: vertex impunctate, with small medial carina; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1 -10 cylindrical; 1 elongate, clavate; 2 ½ length of 1, transverse, shortest; 3-4 elongate, 3 ¾ length of 1, 4 shorter than 3; 5-10 transverse, slightly decreasing in length; 11 rounded at apex, 2 × length of 10; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, slightly canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface virtually impunctate, a few punctures present laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3-1.5 mm; pronotal width 1.6-1.8 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; humerus virtually impunctate; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 not edged with faint carina; moderately punctate-striate; rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.6-5.2 mm; elytral width 2.1-2.3 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 rounded in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; sparsely punctate; tibia with fringe at apex. Total length: 6.3-7.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia daguana . It can be distinguished by the vertex of the head not having a small tubercle.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama (?), Peru.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Type H. T. [white disk with red border]/ Balizar m 80-14 [handwritten label]/ Cephaloleia laeta C. Waterh. (Type) [handwritten label] (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

BOLIVIA: Cochabamba- Chapare, December 1985 (USNM). ECUADOR:?- San Gabriel, 750 m, 12 October 1970 (USNM). Bolivar- Balzapamba, March-April 1884 (USNM). Los Ríos- Quavedo, Est. Exp. Tropical Pichingue, Sta. Rita, 2 February 2008 (USNM), 30 March 2004 (USNM); Río Palenque, 47 km S. Sto. Domingo, 220 m, 26 August 1997 (USNM); Vic. Quebrada, March-April 1955 (USNM). Pichincha- above Chimba, August 1897 (USNM); Estación Orongo, Palmitopomba, 23 July 2001 (USNM); 10.6 km N Mindo, Mindo Road, 28 March 1999 (SEMC). PANAMA(?): no further data (DEI). Total: 20.