Cephaloleia ornatula Donckier, 1899

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 205-206

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia ornatula Donckier, 1899 Fig. 204

Cephaloleia ornata Duvivier 1890: xxxvii (homonym of Cephaloleia ornata Waterhouse, 1881).

Cephalolia ornatula Donckier 1899: 550 (replacement name for Cephaloleia ornata Duvivier). Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog).

Cephaloleia ornatula Donckier. Uhmann 1957b: 23 (catalog).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel, rounded apically; subconvex; shining; testaceous; head black with red vertex; antennomeres 1-4 red, 5-11 black; pronotum with basal margin slightly darker; scutellum reddish; macula on each elytron behind humerus and apex black; venter testaceous, darker apically. Head: vertex densely punctate; with strong carina between antennal bases; frons not projecting; palps slender; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomeres 1-2 subglobular, rounded, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 3-4 cylindrical, elongate; 3 longest; 4 shorter than 3, longer than 2; 5-10 cylindrical, subequal in length to 2; 11 acutely pointed at apex; 1-5 punctate with scattered setae; 6-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse, wider at base than apex; lateral margin sinuate then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle obtuse, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved anteriorly; disc flattened; surface with large, scattered punctures, disc almost impunctate; with weak basal impression laterally; pronotal length 1.2-1.5 mm; pronotal width 1.8-2.0 mm. Scutellum: subpentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; deeply punctate-striate, punctures confused basally, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.2-4.5 mm; elytral width 1.9-2.1 mm. Venter: epipleuron wide, almost flat, black at base; pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with a white seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male. Leg: short; robust; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.2-6.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia dilectans , Cephaloleia maxima , and Cephaloleia strandi . It can be distinguished by by the two oblique impressions on the pronotum.

Distribution.

Brazil ( São Paulo).

Type material examined.

Syntypes: coll. I.R.Sc.N.B. [printed label]/ America Meridional [green handwritten label]/ Type [red printed label]/ Cephaloleia ornata Duv. [handwritten label] (ISNB, 2).

Specimens examined.

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro- beach area, 19 January 1969 (EGRC). Total: 2.