Cephaloleia disjuncta
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia disjuncta Staines, 1998 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; yellowish-brown with head and antennae black; pronotum yellowish-brown with black medial macula on anterior margin behind head; scutellum yellowish-brown; elytra yellowish-brown with transverse black band before midline and apical ⅓ black; venter with prosternum yellowish, meso- and metasterna yellowish at middle and black laterally, abdominal sterna 1 and 2 yellowish, sterna 3–5 black with golden setae; legs yellow with femur black at apex, tarsi black. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, longest; 2 transverse, slightly rounded; 3–10 transverse, subequal in length, each longer than 2; 11 2× length of 10, rounded at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: lateral margin sinuate, canaliculate anteriorly; anterior angle with rounded tooth; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc convex, depressed laterally; surface with scattered large punctures, mostly basally; pronotal length 1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; puncture rows moderately impressed; elytral length 5.1 mm; elytral width 2.3 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; suture between sterna 1 and 2 almost obsolete. Leg: slender; femur robust; tibia spatulate at apex, with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.9 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia apicata. It can be distinguished by the lack of an additional elytral puncture row and by the paler elytra with black transverse bands.
Host plant
Collected from Vitex copperi Stanley (Verbenaceae) (Staines 1998[1]).
Distribution
Costa Rica.
Type material examined
Holotype: COSTA RICA, Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva, 50–150m, 10°26'N, 84°01W, Jan 1994, INBIO-OET/ Vitex cooperi FOT-16–30, 5 Enero 1994// bar code 068725/ HOLOTYPE Cephaloleia disjuncta Staines 1997[3] [red label] (INBIO).
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Staines C (1998) A new species of Cephaloleia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae) from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100(4): 672–673.
- ↑ 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 (1997) Erich Uhmann: Publications and proposed taxa in the Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Beitrage zue Entomologie 47: 399–420.
