Cephaloleia whitei Baly, 1858

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 283

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia whitei Baly, 1858 Fig. 270

Cephaloleia whitei Baly 1858: 41. Uhmann 1957b: 27 (catalog); Staines and Staines 1999: 524 (Baly species list).

Cephalolia whitei Baly. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3602 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 551 (catalog); Weise 1910: 85 (noted), 1911a: 10 (catalog), 1911b: 10 (catalog); Uhmann 1936f: 482 (key).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; reddish-yellow; eyes and antennomeres 7-11 dark; elytra with suture and lateral vittae dark. Head: vertex impunctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1-3 compressed in male, 1 incrassate, 2-3 triangular, subequal in length; 1-3 not compressed in female, 1 incrassate, 2-3 elongate, cylindrical, 3 ¾ length of 2; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 3; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-5 punctate with scattered setae; 6-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; widest just before middle; lateral margin sinuate at base then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 2.1 mm; pronotal width 2.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, apex acute; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, narrowly margined; apex rounded, emarginate at suture; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; flattened along suture; moderately punctate-striate, punctures oblong, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.4 mm; elytral width 3.4 mm. Venter: last sternite with apical margin sinuate in male. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 9.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia felix . It can be distinguished by the rounded, sinuate lateral margins of the pronotum and by the larger size.

Distribution.

Colombia.

Type material examined.

Holotype male: Colombia, Baly coll. (BMNH).