Cephaloleia lepida
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia lepida Staines, 1996 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephaloleia lepida Staines 1996[1]: 42. Staines 2004[2]: 312 (host plants); McKenna and Farrell 2005[3]: 119 (phylogeny), 2006[4]: 10949 (phylogeny).
Description
Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; head, antennae, pronotum, scutellum, and venter reddish-brown; elytra metallic blue. Head: vertex punctate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 robust, elongate; 2 transverse; 3 elongate, subequal in length to 1; 4–10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 3; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3–1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.7–2.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 edged with faint carina; subconvex; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; row 10 removed from margin; elytral length 4.1–5.1 mm; elytral width 2.3–2.7 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 sinuate medially in male. Leg: femora robust, sparsely punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.7–6.9 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia gratiosa. It can be distinguished by the sparsely punctate pronotum and by the elongate antennomere 1.
Host plant
Adults have been collected in rolled leaves of gingers (Zingiberaceae) (Staines 1996[1]).
Distribution
Panama.
Type material examined
Holotype: Panama, Chiriqui Repr. la Fortuna, 17–21, IX.76: 3200', Col: D. Engleman/ Holotype Cephaloleia lepida Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (USNM).
Specimens examined
PANAMA: Chiriquí- Repr. La Fortuna, 17–21 September 1976, 3200' (USNM, EGRC); Reserva La Fortuna, Hydrographic sta. trail, 28 May 1993 (EGRC, USNM). Total: 19.
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 (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 (2004) Cassidines and Zingiberales: A review of the literature. In: Jolivet P Santiago-Blay J Schmitt M (Eds) New developments in the biology of Chrysomelidae. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, Netherlands, 307–319.
- ↑ 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
