Cephaloleia ornatrix Donckier, 1899

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 204-205

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia ornatrix Donckier, 1899 Fig. 203

Cephaloleia ornata Baly 1885: 9 (homonym of Cephaloleia ornata Waterhouse 1881). Staines and Staines 1999: 524 (Baly species list).

Cephalolia ornatrix Donckier 1899: 550 (replacement name for Cephaloleia ornata Baly 1885). Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog); Uhmann 1930a: 219 (redescription), 1936b: 484 (key).

Cephaloleia ornatrix Donckier. Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953: 20 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 23 (catalog); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Strong 1977a: 163 (host plants); Maes and Staines 1991: 36 (faunal list); Staines 1996: 48 (Central America species), 1996(1997): 15 (Nicaragua species), 2004: 312 (host plants), 2011: 50 (faunal list); Maes 1999: 1016 (faunal list); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny); García–Robledo et al. 2013a: 3 (biology), 2013b: 193 (biology).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; head, antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum and elytra reddish-brown with variable black markings; venter with prosternum and abdomen yellow, meso- and metasterna dark; leg with femur yellow with black apex, tibiae and tarsi darker. Head: vertex sparsely punctate-striate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate; male with antennomere 1 clavate, long, compressed, obliquely truncate apically; 2 ½ length of 1, finely punctate, setose, inner apical angle projecting; 3 1½ times length of 2, triangular; 4 subequal in length to 3, triangular; 5 subequal in length to 4, elongate; 6-10 subequal in length, expanding slightly to apex; 11 oval; female has only antennomere 1 and 3 expanded; 2 longer, elongate, ½ length of 1; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: slightly wider than long; lateral margin straight, then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle slightly produced, acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc sparsely punctate; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4-1.6 mm; pronotal width 1.7-2.0 mm. Scutellum: triangular, slightly longer than wide; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex obtusely truncate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; flattened along suture; finely punctate-striate, punctures little impressed, nearly obsolete apically; elytral length 5.4-6.1 mm; elytral width 2.6-3.0 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally, each puncture with pale seta; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, rounded in female. Leg; slender; sparsely punctate; tibia dentate at apex, with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.4-8.3 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia presignis and Cephaloleia separata . It can be distinguished by the elytral puncture rows being nearly obsolete apically and by antennomere 1 being incrassate subequal in length to 2 to 4 combined.

Host plant.

Adults have been collected on Heliconia sp. ( Strong 1977a); Heliconia mariae Hook., Heliconia pogonantha Cufod. ( Heliconiaceae ) ( García–Robledo et al. 2013a).

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Type H. T. [white disk with red border]/ Nicaragua, Chontales, Belt/ B. C. A., Col. VI, 2. Cephaloleia ornata, Baly/ Cephaloleia/ Cephalolia ornata Baly, Nicaragua [blue handwritten label] (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Río Frío, 16 July 1972 (FSCA). Guanacaste- Est. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Sta. Cecilia, P.N. Guanacaste, May 1991, July 1991, October 1991, 4-25 November 1991 (INBIO). Heredia- Finca La Selva nr. Puerto Viejo, 22 June 1969, 31 July 1969, 4 August 1969, 12 March 2005 (USNM); La Selva Biol. Sta., 2 km S. Pt. Viejo, 3-5 June 1984 (EGRC); 1 km S. Pt. Viejo, 4-5 June 1984 (EGCR); 9 km. E. Puerto Viejo, 14-15 July 1966 (BYUC, SEMC, USNM); 5 mi E Puerto Viejo, 14-15 July 1966 (BYUC); Rara Avis Biological Station, 6 November 2011 (USNM). Limón- Sector Cerro Cocorí, Fac. de E. Rojas, 150 m, June 1991, November 1991, 31 January- 21 February 1992, 26 March- 24 April 1992, April 1992, May 1992, 28 May- 17 June 1992, 26 June- 16 July 1992, 12-31 August 1992, October 1992, January 1993, February 1993, March 1993, May 1993 (INBIO); Cerro Tortuguero, 0-120 m, P. N. Tortuguero, June 1992, December 1992, January 1993 (INBIO); Est. Cuatro Esquinas, 0 m, P. N. Tortuguero, December 1989, 27 March- 29 April 1992, June 1992, August 1992, November 1992, 20 November 1992, December 1992, January 1993 (INBIO); 7 mi N Guacimo, 22 February- 3 March 1988 (BYUC); Hamburg Farm, Reventazón, Ebene Limón, 15 November 1923, 24 January 1924, 24 April 1926, 15 January 1932, 14 March 1937 (USNM), 15 February 1924 (DEI); Est. Hitoy Cerere, 100 m, R. Cerere, Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, 12 April 1992, 27 June- 22 July 1992, 30 June- 20 July 1992 (INBIO); Río Sardinas, 10 m, R. N. F. S. Barra del Colorado, 25 August 1992, September 1992, 20 November 1992, 11 December 1992 (INBIO); Salvadora, Parismina, 5 September 1930 (USNM); Valle La Estrella, 100-200 m (INBIO). PANAMA: Colón- Achiote Road, 10 km SW Gatun, 12 June 1976 (EGRC); Porto Bello, 16 February 1911, 27 February 1911, 2 March 1911, 3 March 1911, 4 March 1911, 11 March 1911, 13 March 1911 (USNM); Santa Rita Ridge, 13 June 1976 (EGRC). Panamá- Cerro Campana, 850 m, 8 April 1972, 11-15 May 1980 (EGRC). Total: 376.