Cephaloleia vittata
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cephaloleia
Name
Cephaloleia vittata Staines, 1996 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cephaloleia vittata Staines 1996[1]: 70.
Description
Small; elongate; subparallel; head, antennae, pronotum, and elytra whitish-yellow with black sutural vitta at base which reaches puncture row 2 then narrows gradually posteriorly until only suture darkened at apex; venter with yellow medially, dark laterally; legs whitish-yellow with coxae, apex of femur, base of tibia and, tarsi dark. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1–3 elongate, cylindrical; 1–2 subequal in length, 3 as long as 1–2 combined; 4–5 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length; 6–10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 elongate, rounded at apex. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin curved anteriorly; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.3 mm; elytral width 1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, metasterna, and abdominal sterna 1 and 2 punctate laterally; abdominal sterna 3–5 punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender. Total length: 4.3 mm.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Cephaloleia belti, Cephaloleia consanguinea, Cephaloleia erugatus, Cephaloleia semivittata, Cephaloleia triangularis, Cephaloleia trivittata, and Cephaloleia variabilis. It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows being distinct apically, by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 2 and shorter than 3, and by antennomere 2 being elongate.
Distribution
Costa Rica.
Comments
The holoype is apparently lost since it could not be located in the CMNC collection.
Type material
Holotype: Costa Rica: Punt. S. Vito, Las Cruces, July 1982, B. Gill, 1200 m/ Flt. Intercept/ Holotype Cephaloleia vittata Staines, Des. C. L. Staines 1994 [red label] (CMNC, not seen).
Taxon Treatment
- Staines, C; García-Robledo, C; 2014: The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys, 436: 1-355. doi
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.
