Cephaloleia simoni Pic, 1934

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 244-245

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia simoni Pic, 1934 Incertae Sedis Image not available

Cephalolia simoni Pic 1934: 155.

Cephaloleia simoni Pic. Bryant 1942: 205 (faunal list); Uhmann 1957b: 25 (catalog).

Description.

From Pic 1934: Oblong-elongate; subdepressed; shining; testaceous, pronotum with disc brownish, head darker posteriorly, elytral disc greenish-brown; venter and legs testaceous. Head: small; sparsely punctate. Antenna: slender. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight, rounded anteriorly, slightly canaliculate; anterior angle produced; disc nearly impunctate, irregularly punctate laterally. Scutellum: large. Elytron: lateral margin narrowly margined; apex rounded; punctate-striate; with short carina behind humerus. Total length: 5.0 mm.

Distribution.

Venezuela.

Type material.

Type: Colonie Tovar (depository unknown, not examined).

Specimens examined.

None.

Remarks.

The placement of this species is uncertain since many of the species Pic described in Cephaloleia belong to other genera. We have not seen any specimen which can be assigned to this species based on the short description nor have I found any material identified to this species. The type is not present in the Museum National d’Historie Naturelle (Paris) (MNHN).