Cephaloleia histrio Guerin-Meneville , 1844

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 155-156

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia histrio Guerin-Meneville, 1844 Fig. 158

Cephaloleia histrio Guérin–Méneville 1844: 282. Baly 1858: 51 (redescription); Uhmann 1957b: 20 (catalog), 1966d: 269 (noted); Angel 1989: 81 (museum list); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny).

Cephalolia histrio Guérin-Méneville. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3601 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 549 (catalog); Weise 1904 b: 439 (noted), 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 116 (noted).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining black; basal ⅔of elytra yellowish, apical ⅓black; scutellum and legs black; venter yellowish with dark maculae. Head: vertex strongly, densely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: longer than head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomere 1 clavate, elongate, thick; 2-4 cylindrical, elongate, 2 ½ length 3, 4 longer than 2; 5-10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 longer than 10, broadly rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface coarsely punctate; transverse basal impression present; pronotal length 1.2-1.4 mm; pronotal length 1.4-1.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; slightly flattened on disc; moderately punctate-striate, punctures obsolete apically; pygidium pentagonal; elytral length 4.3-4.8 mm; elytral width 2.0-2.2 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin truncate at apex in female, weakly emarginate then sinuate medially in male. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.6-6.8 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia forestieri . It can be distinguished by antennomere 1 being longer than 3.

Host plant.

According to label data, adults have been collected feeding on Heliconia sp. ( Heliconiaceae ).

Distribution.

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Type material.

Type: Colombia, Santa Fe de Bogata (depository unknown, not seen).

Specimens examined.

?- no label data (USNM); Tacopalmsleon (?) plantation (USNM). BOLIVIA: Cochabamba- Chapare, Villa Tunari, December 1985 (USNM); Cochabamba, 67.5 km NE Est. Biol. Valle de Sajita, Univ. de San Simon, 300 mm, 7-9 February 1999 (SEMC, USNM). COLOMBIA: no further data (USNM). Antioquia- Puerto Berrío, 9 August 1938, 11 August 1938 (USNM). Ecuador: Napo- Pununo, 20 August 1997 (CDFA). PERU: Madre de Dios- Tambopata Wildlife Res., 30 km SW Pto. Maldanado, 290 m, 26 November 1982, 25 December 1982 (USNM). Pasco- Oxapampa-Puzuzo Rd., 1300 m, 20 October 1999 (SEMC, USNM), 16 October 1999 (SEMC). VENEZUELA: no further data (USNM). Aragua- Rancho Grande, 18 October 1975 (USNM). Federal District- Caracas, May-June 1877 (USNM). Miranda- Guarenas, 420 m, 27 August 1964 (USNM). Total: 37.