Cephaloleia collaris Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 93-94

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia collaris Weise, 1910 Fig. 101

Cephaloleia collaris Weise 1910: 90. Weise 1911a: 7 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog).

Cephaloleia collaris Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 17 (catalog).

Description.

Subparallel; slender; subconvex; shining; black; elytra and scutellum yellowish-brown; venter and legs yellowish-brown. Head: vertex irregularly punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 cylindrical, thick, longest, 2 × length of 2; 2 transverse; 3 cylindrical, elongate, shorter than 1; 4-5 cylindrical, elongate, shorter than 3; 6-10 subequal in length, transverse, subequal in length to 2; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle weakly rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface densely punctate basally and laterally; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.3-1.5 mm; pronotal width 1.8-2.0 mm. Scutellum: elongate pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, scutellar row long, punctures confused basally and apically; elytral length 6.0-6.5 mm; elytral width 2.3-2.5 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, sparsely punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with white seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; sparsely punctate; femur and tibia with pale seta in each puncture; tibia with tuft of setae at apex. Total length: 7.9-8.3 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia flavipennis and Cephaloleia neglecta . It can be distinguished by the basal impression on the pronotum and by the margined lateral margin of the pronotum.

Distribution.

Colombia, Venezuela.

Type material examined.

Syntypes: Colombia, in der Terra templads Historaques, 6000 ft., Thieme [Green printed label]/ J. Weise det. [printed label]/ Type [printed salomon-colored label]/ Cephalolia collaris m [handwritten label] (ZMHB, 2).

Specimens examined.

Venezuela: Aragua- PN H. Pittier, Rancho Grande, Portochioula, 1120 m, 12 July 1998 (USNM); Nov Grande, 10 February 1877 (USNM). Total: 1.