Cephaloleia maxima
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia maxima Uhmann, 1942b – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephalolia maxima Uhmann 1942[1]b: 99.
- Cephaloleia maxima Uhmann. Uhmann 1957b[2]: 22 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971[3]: 354 (types); Staines 1997[4]b: 414 (Uhmann species list).
- Uhmannispa maculata Monrós and Viana 1947[5]: 172 (Holotype: Argentina, Chaco, Pto. Tizol, MACN, not seen). Uhmann 1957b[2]: 22 (synonymy); Staines 1995[6]b: 863 (Monrós species list); Staines and Staines 1997[7]: 13 (types); Roig–Juñent 2004[8]: 119 (faunal list); Bachmann and Cabrera 2010[9]: 67 (types).
Description
Elongate; slightly expanding apically; large; subconvex, shining, head, antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum orangy-yellow, with a triangular black macula as wide as the head and reaches more or less ⅓ its length; elytra orangy-yellow, with three black maculae- one humeral, which extends beyond basal ⅓, from puncture row 6 to the lateral margin; another postscutellar, irregular, extends beyond basal ½ from the suture to the interspace 3; the last, from anterior margin on the apical ⅓, irregular; venter orangish-yellow, with a black macula on the penultimate sternite, which does not reach the lateral margin; legs yellow, femora with a black apical ring, trochanters, tarsi, and base and apex of tibiae reddish-chestnut color. Head: vertex densely irregularly punctate, medial carina present; eye slightly convex, elongate, finely faceted; frons projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1–2 cylindrical, elongate; 1 longer than 3; 2 slightly shorter than 3; 3 ¾ length of 1; 3–4 obconic, subequal in length; 5–10 transverse, subequal in length, shorter than 4; 11 pointed at apex, as long as 9–10 combined; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin slightly divergent from base to middle then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc transversely subconvex, depressed on each side; surface with coarse, fine, irregular punctures, more dense laterally and basally; basal impression present; pronotal length 1.9–2.1 mm; pronotal width 2.7–3.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin somewhat divergent for basal ⅔, smooth, slightly laminate from humeral angle; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, row 1 becomes furrow on posterior half, rows confused on humerus and apex; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 not edged with faint carina; elytral length 6.5–7.0 mm; elytral width 3.5–3.8 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with short yellow seta, punctures denser on apical sternites; suture between sterna 1 and 2 completely obsolete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate laterally, sinuate medially in male, female sinuate laterally and rounded medially. Leg: short; robust, punctate, each puncture with fine seta; tibia flattened, triangular, with fringe of setae on inner apical margin. Total length: 8.5–9.2 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia dilectans, Cephaloleia ornatula, and Cephaloleia strandi. It can be distinguished by the pronotum with a basal impression and which is as wide as the base of the elytra.
Host plant
Ananas macrodentes E. Morren (Bromeliaceae) (Monrós and Viana 1947[5]).
Distribution
Argentina.
Type material
Holotype male: Argentina, Chaco, entre Villa Jalón y ‘la Popilar’, Picada Venturini, 11.IV.1936, Denier (not seen).
Specimens examined
Argentina: Chaco- entre Villa Halon y “la Popular”, Picada Venturini, February-April 1936 (DEI); Pto. Tizol (MACN), 11 April 1936 (USNM). Total: 5.
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 (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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Uhmann E (1957b) Sechs neue Hispinen aus Südamerika (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 181. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hispinae. Beiträge zur Entomologie 7: 35–42.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Staines C (1997) Erich Uhmann: Publications and proposed taxa in the Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Beitrage zue Entomologie 47: 399–420.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Monrós F, Viana M (1947) Revisión sistemàtica de los Hispidae Argentinos (Insecta, Coleop., Chrysomeloid.). Anales del Museo Argentino Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” 42: 125–324.
- ↑ Staines C (1995) Francisco de Asis Monrós: A perspective. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97: 856–865.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Roig-Juñent S (2004) Hispidinae. In: Ordo H Logarzo G Braun K di Iorio O (Eds) Catálogo de insectos fitófagos de la Argentina y sus plantas asociadas. Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 115–121.
- ↑ Bachmann A, Cabrera N (2010) A catalog of the types of Chrysomelidae sensu lato (Insecta, Coleoptera, Polyphaga) deposited in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires. Revista Museo Argentino de Ciencias (n. s.) 12(1): 57–80.
