Cephaloleia fulvolimbata Baly, 1885

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 148

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia fulvolimbata Baly, 1885 Fig. 149

Cephaloleia fulvolimbata Baly 1885: 24. Champion 1894: 234 (distribution); Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953: 17 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a:19 (catalog); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Staines 1996: 35 (Central America species), 2011: 49 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1997: 9 (types), 1999: 524 (Baly species list); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny); Naczi and Staines 2011: 2 (faunal list).

Cephalolia fulvolimbata Baly. Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog).

Description.

Small; narrow; subparallel; subdepressed; head, antennae (except antennomere 1 and apex of 11 reddish-black), scutellum, and elytra (except margins) dark; pronotum reddish with narrow black vitta laterally; venter with prosternum reddish, rest black; legs red except apical ½ of femur which is darker. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; slender; antennomeres 1-3 elongate; 1 and 3 subequal in length; 2 slightly shorter than 1 or 3; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 longer than preceding, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: nearly twice as wide as long; lateral margin straight and converging from base to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle broadly rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface densely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.1-1.3 mm. Scutellum: scarcely longer than wide; pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 with faint carina; subconvex; strongly punctate-striate; puncture rows converge and unite at apex; elytral length 3.0 mm; elytral width 1.4 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; 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 deeply emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with rows of setae on outer margin and fringe of setae at apex. Total length: 4.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia flava and Cephaloleia gratiosa . It can be distinguished by the uniformly punctate pronotum and the smaller size.

Distribution.

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, México.

Type material examined.

Syntypes: Senahu, Vera Paz, Champion/ Paratipo [red label]/ F. Monros Collection 1959/ Cephaloleia fulvolimbata Baly, J. S. Baly det. [pink label]; Tepa, Tabasco, Feb. H.H.S./ Cephaloleia fulvolimbata (USNM, 2).

Specimens examined.

BELIZE: Toledo District- ca. 8 mi NNE Medina Bank, ca. 1 mi S Bladen Branch, 13 April 2008 (USNM). GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz- 24 July 1957 (BYUC); Cacao Trece Aguas, 4 October (USNM), 5 April, 4 April, 25 March, 12 April (USNM). Baja Verapaz- 3.3 km. W. Chilascó, 1800 m, 25 May 1991 (CMNC). HONDURAS:?- Progesso, 5 March 1923 (UMMZ). MEXICO: no further data (DEI). Chiapas- Montebello, 21 July 1969 (CNC). Tabasco- Teapa (USNM); 4 mi. N. Teapa, 14- June 1965 (TAMU). Veracruz- 3 mi. n. Huatusco, 17 July 1980 (TAMU); 4 mi SE Jalapa, 29 June 1955 (INHS); 7 mi. S. E. Orizaba, 19-20 June 1983 (FSCA); 2 mi. se. Tebanca, Lago Catemaco, 3 June 1964 (TAMU); Veracruz, 23 March 1968 (USNM). Total: 107.