Cephaloleia flava Uhmann, 1930b

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 141-142

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia flava Uhmann, 1930b Fig. 141

Cephalolia flava Uhmann 1930b: 136. Uhmann 1936a: 110 (noted), 1936b: 482 (key).

Cephaloleia flava Uhmann. Uhmann 1942: 97 (pygidium), 1957a: 19 (catalog); Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953: 16 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 348 (types); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Staines 1996: 34 (Central America species), 1997: 413 (Uhmann species list), 2011: 49 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1997: 8 (types); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny).

Description.

Large; elongate; subconvex; reddish brown with eyes and antennomeres 6-11 black. Head: vertex impunctate, slight medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; antennomere 1 incrassate, as long as 2-3 combined; 2 and 3 elongate, with projection on inner margins in male, cylindrical in female; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 4; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1; 1-6 punctate with scattered setae; 7-11 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 with scattered large, shallow punctures, disc virtually impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3 mm; pronotal width 2.3 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; convex; punctures shallow, rows confused at apex; humeral callus virtually impunctate; declivity beginning just behind humerus along puncture row 7 with weak carina; elytral length 5.5 mm; elytral width 3.3 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; female with last sternite with apical margin bisinuate, weakly emarginate medially in male. Leg: robust; punctate; tibia curved, incised, with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.2 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia fulvolimbata and Cephaloleia gratiosa . It can be distinguished by the impunctate disc of the pronotum, by the larger size, and by the elytral punctures being confused apically.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Panama.

Type material examined.

Holotype male: flava Uh, male, E. Uhmann Det 30/ Holotype [red label]/ Turrialba Costa Rica, Heyne, Berlin-Wilm., V 900 m/ coll. DEI Eberswalde (DEI).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Est. Biol. Alberto Brenes, 29 June- 06 July 1999 (BYUC); 22 km N. San Ramon, 3000 feet, 15-25 June 2010 (AJGC). Cartago- 800 m (USNM). PANAMA: Panamá- Barro Colorado, winter 1924 (USNM). Total: 5.