Cephaloleia cylindrica Staines, 1996

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 105-106

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia cylindrica Staines, 1996 Fig. 110

Cephaloleia cylindrica Staines 1996: 25.

Description.

Elongate; narrow; convex reddish-brown; antennae, eyes, and legs black. Head: vertex smooth, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches past humerus; slender; antennomeres 1-2 subglobular, short; 3-4 elongate, subequal in length, each 1½ x length of 1 and 2 combined; longest; 5-10 elongate, each shorter than 4; 11 subequal to 10, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin bisinuate, margined; anterior angle pointed, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.1 mm; pronotal width 1.1-1.3 mm. Scutellum: triangular; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures large; elytral length 3.3-3.6 mm; elytral width 1.7 mm. Venter: pro- and metasterna impunctate; mesosternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: slender; femur punctate at base; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.7-5.3 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia puncticollis and Cephaloleia sallei . It can be distinguished by antennomeres 1 and 2 being subglobose.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Panama.

Type material examined.

Holotype: X X Plantation, Rep Panama, Feb. 11, 1930 [blue-green label]/ Blackwelder Collection [blue-green label]/ Holotype Cephaloleia cylindrica Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (USNM).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Puntarenas- Est. Sirena, 0-100 m, May 1992 (INBIO). PANAMA: 11 February 1930 (USNM). Total: 2.