Cephaloleia pretiosa Baly, 1858

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 217-218

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia pretiosa Baly, 1858 Fig. 214

Cephaloleia pretiosa Baly 1858: 50. Baly 1885: 14 (distribution); Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953: 20 (catalog); Uhmann 1953: 47 (faunal list), 1957a: 24 (catalog); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Angel 1989: 81 (museum list); Staines 1996: 51 (Central America species); Staines and Staines 1999: 524 (Baly species list); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny); Meskins et al. 2008: 163 (host plants), 2011: 483 (food web); Descampe et al. 2008: 227 (host plants).

Cephalolia pretiosa Baly. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3602 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 550 (catalog); Weise 1910: 91 (noted), 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1936a: 114 (noted), 1938a: 410 (noted), 1942: 96 (noted), 1953: 47 (faunal list).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; shining; head and pronotum black; pronotal margin, scutellum, legs, and elytra reddish-brown; venter with prosternum reddish-brown medially, darker laterally, meso-, metasterna and abdominal sterna totally reddish-brown; leg with first pair black, rest reddish-brown or all reddish-brown. Head: vertex punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, longer than 2, subequal to 3; 2 transverse; 3 elongate; 4-10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 pointed at apex, longer than 10; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin nearly straight then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface punctate, less so on disc; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.1-1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.7 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced, slightly carinate at base; slightly constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 not edged with faint carina; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.1 mm; elytral width 2.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin broadly emarginate medially in male, rounded in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total len gth: 5.0-6.8 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia brevis sp. n. It can be distinguished by the smooth apical margin of the elytra.

Host plant.

Heliconia sp. (Heliconicaeae) ( McKenna and Farrell 2005); Calathea pulverulentus C. Presl. ( Marantaceae ), Heliconia catheta R. R. Smith, Heliconia latispatha Benth., Heliconia mariae Hook. ( Meskins et al. 2008); Heliconia wagneriana Peterson ( Descampe et al. 2008) ( Heliconiaceae ).

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Type material.

Type: Colombia (BMNH, not seen).

Specimens examined.

Bolivia: Beni- Vaea Diez, vicinity of Riberalta, 230 m, 17-23 July 1982 (USNM). BRAZIL: Rondonia- 62 km SW Ariquames, Fzda Rancho Grande, 12-22 November 1991 (CDFA), 15 November 1994 (BYUC). Colombia: intercepted in California (USA), 26 March 1991 (CDFA). COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Finca La Selva, Sarapiquí, 1972 (FSCA). Ecuador: intercepted in California (USA), 11 October 1986 (CDFA). Napo- Lago Agrio (3 km N), 27 December 1975 (USNM). Orellana- Estación Cientifica Yasuni, 215 m, 5-10 September 1999 (EGRC). Pichincha- Estación Orongo, 18 July 2001, 23 July 2001 (USNM); Reserva Maquipucuna, 9 November 1999 (USNM). PANAMA: Bocas del Toro- 6 km N Punta Peña, 27 May 1993 (AJGC, CDFA). Canal Zone- Jct. K-6 and K-9, 22 May 1980 (EGCR). Chiriquí- Reserva Fortuna, Fortuna Dam, 29 May 1993 (CDFA); Reserva La Fortuna, Hydrographic sta. trail, 28 May 1993 (AJGC, EGRC). Coclé- Cerro Gaital, 28 May 1994, 1 June 1993 (CDFA); rd N Cerro Gaital, 15 May 1980 (EGRC); 7.2 km NE El Copé, 730 m, 20 May 1996 (SEMC); 7.0 km N El Valle, 810 m, 19 May 1996 (SEMC). Colón- Gamboa, June 1944 (CASC), 18 June 1976 (EGRC); Gamboa, Pipeline Rd., July 1967 (USNM); Pipeline Rd., 21 June 1993 (SEMC); Gatun, 22 August 1970 (USNM); Las Cruces, 4 February 1911 (USNM); Parque Nac. Soberania, Pipeline Rd., km 2.0, 40 m, 23 June 1995 (SEMC); Porto Bello, 2 March 1911, 14 March 1911 (USNM); Paraiso, 27 January 1911 (USNM). Darién- Cana Biological Station, 500-550 m, 6 June 1996 (SEMC). Panamá- Alajuela, 5 April 1911 (USNM); Barro Colorado, 18 July 1923 (USNM); 40 km SE Cañita, 26 May 1994 (CDFA); Coco Solito Hospital, 22 May 1978 (USNM); Cerro Campana, 6 July 1974 (FSCA), 11-15 May 1980 (EGRC), 17 May 1993, 27 May 1993, 2 June 1993 (CDFA), 790 m, 1 June 1996 (SEMC); Cristobal, 19 July 1934 (CASC); Diablo Heights, 20 February 1971 (EGRC); Ft. Clayton, September 1944 (CASC); Fort Kobbe, 15 June 1976 (USNM), 1 May 1971, 2 May 1971, 6 June 1976, 8 June 1976, 15 June 1976, 20 June 1976 (EGRC), 22 May 1993, 7 June 1993 (AJGC, CDFA); Ft. Sherman, 19 January 1980 (EGRC); Las Cascadas (USNM); Madden Forest, 28 September 1969, 2 August 1970 (CMNC), 14 July 1976 (USNM), 6 March 1971, 2 November 1973, 25 June 1976 (EGRC); Madden Rd., 27 February 1959 (FSCA); 1 km N El Llano on El Llano-Carti Road, 6 June 1994 (CDFA); 6-8 km N El Llano on El Llano-Carti Road, 6 June 1994 (CDFA); Llano-Carti rd nr Jct. main hwy, 18 May 1993 (EGRC); Old Plantation Rd., 6.9 km S Gamboa, 80 m, 3 June 1995 (SEMC); Panama Road leading to La Pita signal station, 27 February 1971, 6 February 1971, 8 June 1976, 18 June 1976 (EGRC); Pipeline Road, 21 June 1993 (SEMC); 9 km N El Llano, 18 May 1993 (AJGC); Old Gamboa Road, 4 June 1993, 25 June 1994 (CDFA); Panama City (USNM); Pedro Miguel, 17 April 1911 (USNM); Powerline Road, 29 October 1972 (FSCA); Summit, September 1946 (USNM); Reserva Sobrina, Pipeline road, 23 May 1993 (CDFA). Veraguas- Sante Fe, 6.1 km N Cerro Tute, 13 June 1996 (SEMC). Peru: Huanuco- Huanuco, 1912 m, 21-26 May 1937 (SEMC). Jauja- Junin Dept., Sani Beni, 840 m, 11-18 October 1935 (SEMC). Loreto- Tambo Pirana on Río Cochiquinas, 1 July 1978 (USNM). VENEZUELA: Aragua- Rancho Grande, 10 May 1973, 23 June 1984, 12 July 1998 (USNM); Portachuelo Pass, 1120 m, 12 July 1987 (BYUC). Zulia- Kasmere, Río Yara, Sierra de Per, 250 m, 21 September 1961 (USNM). Total: 437.