Cephaloleia presignis Staines, 1996
- Dataset
- Cephaloleia beetles
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Chrysomelidae
- genus
- Cephaloleia
- species
- Cephaloleia presignis
general
ADULT
Head, antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum yellowish with black macula; elytra black with yellow vitta. Head: black; frons yellow, not projecting; medial sulcus absent; vertex sparsely punctate. Antenna: antennomere 1 elongate, yellow, compressed laterally; 2-4 triangular; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 rounded at apex, slightly longer than 10; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: dark medial longitudinal macula on apical margin; arched; side margined; anterior angle oblique; posterior angle rounded, slightly produced; impunctate; pronotal length 1.1 mm (n=1); pronotal width 1.6 mm. Scutellum: black; triangular; micropunctate. Elytron: side margined, smooth; humerus rounded; apices cojointly rounded; puncture rows little impressed; vitta truncate at apex; side margin dark; elytral length 4.9 mm; elytral width 2.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellow in middle, black at side; abdominal sterna yellow, setose; last sternite bisinuate in male. Leg: femur yellow, darker at apex; tibia dark at base and apex, rest yellow, expanded to apex; tarsi dark. Total length: 6.4 mm.
distribution
MEXICO: Veracruz- Jalapa (ZMHB).
Name
- Homonyms
- Cephaloleia presignis Staines, 1996