Cephaloleia splendida
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia splendida Staines, 1996 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephaloleia splendida Staines 1996[1]: 60. McKenna and Farrell 2005[2]: 121 (phylogeny); Staines 2011[3]: 50 (faunal list).
Description
Small; elongate; subparallel; subconvex; shining black (except elytral lateral margins yellow); pronotum reddish-yellow except black rectangular black macula from anterior margin to disc behind head; venter with prosternum black medially, reddish-yellow laterally. Head: vertex deeply, densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches beyond humerus; slender; antennomeres 1–3 elongate, 1 and 2 subequal in length, 3 longer; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1 or 2; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, deeply punctate; transverse impression present just posterior to disc; pronotal length 0.7–0.9 mm; pronotal width 0.9–1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with minute tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 2.3–3.2 mm; elytral width 1.1–1.5 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna 1–2 sparsely punctate, 3–5 densely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, entire in female. Leg: slender; femur and tibia punctate, each punctate with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.9–4.3 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia turrialbana. It can be distinguished by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 2 and by the basal impression on the pronotum.
Distribution
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.
Type material examined
Holotype: Costa Rica, Penas Blancas, 7.VII.1987, E. Cruz, FIT/ Holotype Cephaloleia splendida Staines, Des. C. L.Staines 1994 [red label] (USNM).
Specimens examined
COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Peñas Blancas, 7 July 1987 (USNM); Upala, Sector San Ramón de Dos Ríos, 1.5 km NW Hacienda Nueva Zelandia, 600–700 m (INBIO). Cartago- no further data (ZMHB); Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapantí, 1250 m, April 1992 (INBIO); Quebrada Segunda, 1200–1300 m (INBIO); Turrialba, Tayutic, Grano deo Oro, Chirripo, 1100–1200 m (INBIO). Guanacaste- Estación Pitilla, 9 km S. Santa Cecilia, 600–700 m (INBIO); Liberia, Mayorga, Estación Cacao, 2 km SW Cerro Cacao, 900–1000 m (INBIO); Río San Lorenzo, Tierras Morenas, 900–1000 m (INBIO). Heredia- La Selva Bio. Station, January 1993 (BYUC). Limón- 16 km W Guápiles, 400 m, March 1989 (USNM); Est. Jalova, 0 m, P.N. Tortuguero, July 1990 (INBIO); Valle La Estrella, 0–100 m (INBIO); Sardinas, Barra del Colorado, 4 km NW Cerro Cocorí 0–100 m (INBIO). Puntarenas- R. F. Gulfo Dulce, 3 km SW Rincón, 10 m, October-December 1990 (USNM); Monte Verde Biol. Res, Camino Penas Blancas, 1400 m, 10 July 1989 (USNM); Osa, Sierpe, Rancho Quemado, 200–300 m (INBIO); Perez Zeledón Santa Elena, Las Nubes, 1200–1300 m (INBIO); 3 km SW Rincón, 10 m, March-May 1991 (USNM); 6 km S San Vito Las Cruces,1200 m, March 1988 (USNM). San José- 1 km NE Estación Santa Elena, 1300–1400 m (INBIO); Estación Bijagual, 1.5 km N Bijagual, 400–500 m (INBIO). Nicaragua: Matagalpa- 6 km N Matagalpa, 1350 m, 19 May 2002 (SEMC). PANAMA: Chiriquí- El Valle del Nubes, 12 mi NW Rovira, 4000 feet, 10 March 1960 (CDFA); Reserva La Fortuna, Continental Divide Tr., 28 May 1992 (EGRC), 25 May 1993 (CDFA), 10 May 1994 (CDFA, USNM) Panamá- Cerro Campana, 27 August 1972 (EGRC), May 11–15, 1980 (EGRC), 17 May 1993 (EGRC). Total: 98.
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Staines C (2011) Hispines (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. ZooKeys 157: 45–65. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.157.1338
