Cephaloleia felix Waterhouse, 1881

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 139

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia felix Waterhouse, 1881 Fig. 138

Cephaloleia felix Waterhouse 1881: 263. Uhmann 1957b: 19 (catalog).

Cephalolia felix Waterhouse. Donckier 1899: 549 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog).

Description.

Elongate; subdepressed; yellowish-red; antennae black with antennomeres 9-11 yellow; elytra with suture, lateral margin, and apical margin black; eyes dark. Head: vertex with small depression, medial sulcus present, impunctate; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere cylindrical, elongate, 1 longer than 2; 2 cylindrical, shorter than 1; 3 cylindrical, elongate, 2 × length of 2; 4-10 cylindrical, elongate, decreasing in length; 11 2 × length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-8 punctate with setae; 9-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly converging then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface strongly, moderately punctate, disc with impunctate longitudinal medial line; slight impression on present each side of basal margin; pronotal length 1.2-1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.2-1.4 mm. Scutellum: broadly triangular; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin slightly expanding apically, smooth, slightly laminate; apex rounded, smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus slightly angulate, produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate; elytral length 4.4-4.8 mm; elytral width 1.9-2.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin broadly emarginate medially in male, rounded, entire in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with reddish seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.0-6.4 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia whitei . It can be distinguished by the straight lateral margin of the pronotum and the smaller size.

Distribution.

Ecuador, Peru.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Type H. T. [White disk with red border]/ Ecuador, Sarayacu [handwritten label]/ Buckley [handwritten label]/ Cephaloleia felix C. H. Waterh., (Type) [handwritten label] (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

Ecuador: Orellana- Estación Cientifica Yasuni, 215 m, 5-10 September 1999 (EGRC). Peru: Loreto- 1.5 km N Teniente Lopez, 210-240 m, 20 July 1993 (SEMC). Total: 3.