Cephaloleia amazona
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia amazona Baly, 1869 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephalolia amazona Baly 1869[1]: 369. Gemminger and Harold 1876[2]: 3601 (catalog); Donckier 1899[3]: 547 (catalog); Weise 1911a[4]: 7 (catalog), 1911b[5]: 11 (catalog).
- Cephaloleia amazona Baly. Uhmann 1942[6]b: 96 (pygidium), 1957b[7]: 15 (catalog); Staines and Staines 1999[8]: 523 (Baly species list).
Description
Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; elytra black, abdomen yellowish, head, antennae, pronotum, and scutellum reddish-yellow. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: less than ½ body length; antennomere 1 thickened, longer than 2; 2 longer than 3; 3–5 subequal in length; 6–10 transverse, shorter than preceding; 11 pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly diverging for basal ⅔ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rectangular; posterior angle acute; anterior margin rounded anteriorly; disc subconvex, concave laterally; surface with sparse, rounded punctures; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4–1.6 mm; pronotal width 1.7–2.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; finely punctate-striate, punctures more impressed laterally; surface finely irregularly wrinkled; elytral length 4.4–4.7 mm; elytral width 2.3–2.7 mm. Venter: pro-, meso- and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; apical abdominal sternite subangulate-emarginate in male, bisinuate in female. Leg: punctate; femur with fringe of setae on inner margin; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.6–6.8 mm.
Diagnosis
This species falls into a group of bicolored species with a reddish pronotum which includes Cephaloleia abdominalis, Cephaloleia princeps, Cephaloleia steinhauseni, Cephaloleia susanae sp. n., and Cephaloleia teutonica. It can be distinguished from these species by the vertex of the head lacking a medial fovea but having a medial sulcus and by the pronotum with straight lateral margins which are not serrulate.
Host plant
According to label data adults have been collected on Heliconia velutina L. Anderson (Heliconiaceae).
Distribution
Brazil (Minas Gerais, Santa Catharina), Peru.
Type material examined
Syntype: Upper Amazons [handwritten label]/ Baly Coll. [printed label]/ Cephalolia amazona Baly, Upper Amazons [blue handwritten label] (BMNH, 1).
Specimens examined
?- no label data (USNM). Brazil: Minas Gerais- Vila Monte Verde, 6 December 1974 (USNM). Santa Catharina- Theresopolis, 1887 (USNM). Peru: Loreto- Madreselva Biol. Stn., 27 May 2005 (USNM); Reserva Alpahuayo Mishana, 27 May 2005 (USNM); 1.5 km N Teniente Lopez, 210–240 m, 20 July 1993 (SEMC). Total: 8.
Taxon Treatment
- Staines, C; García-Robledo, C; 2014: The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys, 436: 1-355. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Baly J (1869) XXIV. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hispidae; with notes on some previously described species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869: 363–382.
- ↑ Gemminger M, von Harold B (1876) Catalogus Coleopterum hucusque descriptorum, synonymicus et systematicus. Williams and Norgate, London, 12: 3479–3822.
- ↑ Donckier H (1899) Catalogue systématique des Hispides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 68: 540–615.
- ↑ Weise J (1911a) Coleopterorum Catalogus, Chrysomelidae: Hispinae. W. Junk. Pars 35: 1–94.
- ↑ Weise J (1911b) Coleoptera Phytophaga fam. Chrysomelidae, subfam. Hispinae. In: Wytsman P (Ed) Genera Insectorum, Brussels, fasc. 125: 1–123.
- ↑ Uhmann E (1942) Der Borstenkegel und das Pygidium bei Cephalolia-Arten. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 96. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen. Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 9: 93–102.
- ↑ Uhmann E (1957b) Sechs neue Hispinen aus Südamerika (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 181. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinae. Beiträge zur Entomologie 7: 35–42.
- ↑ Staines C, Staines S (1999) Joseph Sugar Baly: The man and his entomological works. Beiträge zur Entomologie 49: 489–530.
