Cephaloleia congener: Brief Summary
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Cephaloleia congener es un coleóptero de la familia Chrysomelidae.
Fue descrita científicamente por primera vez en 1885 por Baly.
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Description
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Oblong-ovate; shining; subconvex; light reddish-brown, antennae (except basal antennomere), and eyes darker. Head: small; vertex and front finely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: less than ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, subequal in length to 3; 2 transverse in female, triangular in male, ½ length of 1; 3 triangular in male, elongate in female; 4–10 elongate, decreasing in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, diverging from base to middle, then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle obtuse, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface finely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3–1.4 mm; pronotal width 2.0–2.4 mm. Scutellum: scarcely longer than wide; pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin sinuate before middle, smooth; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded; slightly constricted behind humerus; convex; finely punctate-striate; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 edged with faint carina; elytral length 5.0–5.4 mm; elytral width 2.7–3.1 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 emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; femur robust; tibia expanded to apex, with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.6–7.4 mm.
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- Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
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- Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.
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- Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
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- Charles L. Staines
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- Carlos García-Robledo