Cephaloleia jataiensis ( Pic, 1923 ) Sekerka, 2017

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2017, Taxonomic changes within Imatidiini and Hybosispini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57 (2), pp. 351-380 : 361

Cephaloleia jataiensis ( Pic, 1923) comb. nov.

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Demothispa jataiensis Pic, 1923: 8 (original description).

Type locality. Original type locality ‘Brésilʼ specified by DESCARPENTRIES & VILLIERS (1959) to Brazil, Goiás, Jatahy based on the label data of the holotype.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀, glued, ‘Jatahy | Prov. Goyas. Brésil [g, p, cb] || TYPE [w, p in red, cb] || Demothispa | jatahensis | m. [w, hw by Weise, s] || TYPE [w, p in red, cb] || jataiensis Pic | (1923) [w, hw by Pic, s]’ ( MNHN).

Remarks. I have tentatively placed this species to Xenispa Baly, 1859 in my previous paper ( SEKERKA 2014) because of very finely serrate apical margin of elytra and curious shape of body, however I was not entirely convinced and suggested it might belong also to Cephaloleia . Recently I had opportunity to compare the holotype of D. jataiensis with those of D. clermonti and C. impressa and found that they belong to the same species-group together with C. basalis ( Weise, 1910) , thus D. jataiensis is here transferred to Cephaloleia . The species can be separated using a key given below. For further comments see also remarks under C. impressa . Distribution. Brazil: Goiás ( DESCARPENTRIES & VILLIERS 1959).

Figures

Figs. 1–8. 1 – Cephaloleia apertura (Staines, 2013) (holotype, 4.3 mm); 2 – Cephaloleia atripes (Pic, 1926) (holotype, 5.1 mm); 3 – Cephaloleia fernandoi (Bondar, 1940) (paratype, LSPC, 6.3 mm); 4 – Cephaloleia opaca Baly, 1859 (Rio de Janeiro: Trinidad, LSPC, 6.0 mm); 5 – Cephaloleia impressa Uhmann, 1930 (holotype, 3.5 mm); 6 – Demothispa clermonti Pic, 1934 (holotype, 3.5 mm); 7 – Cephaloleia jataiensis (Pic, 1923) (holotype, 4.2 mm); 14 – Xenispa aeneipennis (Baly, 1859) (holotype, 3.7 mm).