Cephaloleia deficiens
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia deficiens Uhmann, 1930a – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephaloleia deficiens Uhmann 1930a[1]: 226. Blackwelder 1946[2]: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953[3]: 15 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a[4]: 17 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971[5]: 346 (types); Wilcox 1983[6]: 136 (catalog); Staines 1996[7]: 26 (Central America species), 1997[8]: 413 (Uhmann species list), 2011[9]: 49 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1997[10]: 7 (types); McKenna and Farrell 2005[11]: 119 (phylogeny), 2006[12]: 10949 (phylogeny).
Description
Small, ovate-elongate; subconvex; yellowish-brown; antennae, head, and mouthparts black; black vitta present on pronotum and elytra; elytra with black orbicular macula present on suture around scutellum, narrowing and disappearing before middle; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellow medially, dark laterally, abdomen reddish-brown; leg yellowish, femur dark at apex. Head: vertex densely punctate, golden seta in each puncture, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, slightly clavate; 2 elongate, shorter than 1 or 3; 3 elongate, longer than 1, slightly shorter than 11; 4–10 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2× length of 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1–5 punctate with scattered setae, 6–11 setose. Pronotum: narrow, transverse, widest at base; lateral margin straight, margined; anterior angle rounded, with small tooth; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface coarsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9–1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.0–1.4 mm. Scutellum: impunctate; pentagonal. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures larger on disc; humerus nearly impunctate; elytral length 3.1–3.5 mm; elytral width 1.7–1.9 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; punctate; femur and tibia with short seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner apex, apex dentate. Total length: 4.3–4.7 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia balyi, Cephaloleia discoidalis, Cephaloleia dorsalis, Cephaloleia linkei, and Cephaloleia suturalis. It can be distinguished by the yellowish pronotum with a dark longitudinal vitta and by antennomere 1 being clavate and shorter than 3.
Host plant
According to label data, adults have been collected on Costus bracteatus Gleason, Cephaloleia malortieanus H. Wendl. (Marantaceae).
Distribution
Costa Rica.
Type material examined
Syntype- Costa Rica, F. Nevermann, 16.VIII.25 [green label]/ Hamburg Farm, Reventazon, Ebene Limon [reversed green label]/ Holotype [red label]/ Cephalolia deficiens sp. n./ Cotype No. 54635 USNM [orange label] (USNM, 1).
Specimens examined
COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Upala, Sector San Ramón, 1.5 km NW Hacienda Nueva Zelandia (INBIO). Cartago- Quebrada Segunda, P. N. Tapantí, 1200–1300 m (INBIO); Turrialba (USNM). Guanacaste- Estación Pitilla, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 600–700 m (INBIO); La Cruz, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 600–700 m (INBIO). Heredia- La Selva nr. Pto. Viejo, 50 m, 19 February 1980 (CMNC); Rara Avis Biological Station, 5 July 2011, 6 July 2011 (USNM). Limón- Hamburg Farm, Reventazón, Ebene Limón, 16 August 1925 (DEI); Sardinas, Barra del Colorado, 4 km NW Cerro Cocorí, 0–100 m (INBIO); A. C. Llanuras del Tortuguero, 0–100 m (INBIO); Pococí, Colorado, Sector Cerro Cocorí, 30 km N Cariari, 100–200 m (INBIO); Sito Tibieblas, 2 km NE Tigra, 1400–1500 m (INBIO). Total: 13.
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
- ↑ Uhmann E (1930a) Hispinen aus Costa Rica aus der Ausbeute des Herrn Ferd. Nevermann. 20. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinen (Col. Chrys.). Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica 1: 209–256.
- ↑ Blackwelder R (1946) Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. United States National Museum Bulletin 185: 551–763.
- ↑ Papp C (1953) The Hispinae of America. 3rd Contribution for promoting the scientifical results of the International Hylean Amazon Institute in Manaos, Brazil. Portugaliae Acta Biologica (B) 4: 1–147.
- ↑ Uhmann E (1957a) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Supplementa. Chrysomelidae: Hispinae, Hispinae Americanae. W. Junk, Gravenhage. Pars 35(1): 1–153.
- ↑ Gaedike R, Döbler H (1971) Katalog der in den Sammlungen des ehemaligen Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen-VII (Coleoptera: Hispinae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 21: 341–395.
- ↑ Wilcox J (1983) Checklist of the beetles of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Vol. 1, pt. 7. The Leaf Beetles. Biological Research Institute of America, Latham, NY, 166 pp.
- ↑ Staines C (1996) The genus Cephaloleia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central America and the West Indies. Special Publication No. 3 of the Revista de Biología Tropical, 87 pp.
- ↑ Staines C (1997) Erich Uhmann: Publications and proposed taxa in the Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Beitrage zue Entomologie 47: 399–420.
- ↑ Staines C (2011) Hispines (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. ZooKeys 157: 45–65. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.157.1338
- ↑ Staines C, Staines S (1997) Type specimens of Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Number 585, 25 pp.
- ↑ McKenna D, Farrell B (2005) Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of host plant use in the Neotropical rolled leaf ‘hispine’ beetle genus Cephaloleia (Chevrolat) (Coleoptera: Cassidinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 117–131. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.06.011
- ↑ McKenna D, Farrell B (2006) Tropical forests are both evolutionary cradles and museums of leaf beetle diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(29): 10947–10951. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602712103
