Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines, 1996

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 108-109

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines, 1996 Fig. 114

Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines 1996: 26.

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; moderately convex; reddish-brown; antennal antennomeres 3-11 black; eyes dark. Head: vertex finely punctate, with two curved sulci, separated by wide carina; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; robust; antennomeres 1-2 elongate, subequal in length; 3-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 2; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1 or 2; 1-5 punctate with scattered setae; 6-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly convergent from base to apex, margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved posteriorly; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; small tooth present in sutural angle; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures shallow, large; puncture rows converge and unite at apex; elytral length 2.9 mm; elytral width 1.4 mm. Venter: pro- and mesosterna impunctate medially, rugose laterally; metasternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; femur and tibia punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.7 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia nigricornis . It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows being distinct apically and by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 2.

Distribution.

Mexico.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Mexico, Chiapas, Pq. Laguna Belgica, 16kmNW Ocozocoautla, 14.VI.1989, H. Howden/ flight intercept trap/ Holotype Cephaloleia delectabilis Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CMNC).