Cephaloleia apicata Uhmann, 1930a

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 63-64

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia apicata Uhmann, 1930a Fig. 75

Cephalolia apicata Uhmann 1930a: 228. Uhmann 1942: 98 (noted).

Cephaloleia apicata Uhmann. Blackwelder 1946: 718 (catalog); Uhmann 1950b: 336 (type), 1957a: 15 (catalog), 1964a: 402 (catalog); Papp 1953: 14 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 342 (types); Wilcox 1983: 136 (catalog); Staines 1996: 16 (Central America species), 1997: 413 (Uhmann species list), 2004: 312 (host plants); Staines and Staines 1997: 3 (types); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny).

Description.

Elongate; subdepressed; subparallel; hirsute; head and most of elytra black; antennomeres 1-8 black, 9-11 may be yellow, black or with the apex of 11 yellow; pronotum (some specimens with broad black medial longitudinal vitta) and lateral margin of elytra yellow; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellow medially, black laterally, abdominal sterna black medially, yellow laterally; leg with femur yellow, tibia and tarsi black. Head: almost as wide as apex of pronotum; vertex finely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; robust; antennomere 1 elongate; 2 ½ length of 1; 3 as long as 1-2 combined; 4-10 each shorter than 1, subequal in length, conical; 11 1½ length of 10, oval; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 densely setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin almost straight, weakly convergent apically then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle pointed; posterior angle rectangular; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; surface sparsely punctate; wide V-shaped depression present basally; pronotal length 1.0-1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.6-1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate; scutellar row very long; interspace 7 with additional puncture row; elytral length 5.9-7.3 mm; elytral width 2.3-2.8 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 straight in male, strongly curved in female. Leg: slender; punctate; femur and tibia with seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin and tuft of setae at apex. Total length: 7.4-10.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is bicolored with the pronotum immaculate and lighter than the elytra. It is most similar to Cephaloleia disjuncta but can easily be distinguished by the additional row of punctures on the elytra and the coloration.

Host plant.

Heliconia sp. ( Heliconiaceae ) ( Uhmann 1930a).

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Panama.

Type material examined.

Lectotype: Costa Rica, F. Nevermann, 20-VI-26 [green label]/ La Palma, 1050 m, Hondura [reversed green label]/ an Blättern v. Heliconica sp. [handwritten label]/ Holotype [red label]/ Cephalolia apicata sp. n. [male]/ Cotype No. 54632 USNM [orange label] (USNM).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Alajuela- E. B. San Ramón, R. B. San Ramón, 27 km N and 8 km W San Ramón, 8 July 2000 (SEMC, USNM); Río San Lorencito, 5 km N Colonia Palmareña, 900-1000 m (INBIO). Cartago- 1 km S. Cariblanco, 30 May 1992 (CDFA); Quebrada Segunda Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapantí, 1250 m, April 1992 (INBIO); Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapantí, 1250 m, August 1991 (INBIO); Turrialba, Santa Teresita, Monumento Nacional Guayabo, 1100-1200 m (INBIO). Heredia- Est. Sn Rafael Vara Blanca, P.N., Braulio Carillo, 1800-2000 m, April 1990, August 1991 (INBIO). Puntarenas- Alajuela-Monteverde For. Res., 1600 m, 17-18 August 1976 (CASC); Est. Leonel Hernandez, 1600 m, Res. Biol. Monteverde, January 1991 (INBIO); Est. G. Brenes, R. B. Monteverde, 1200-1300 m (INBIO); Est La Casona, Las Torres, 1500-1600 m (INBIO). San José- Est. Zurquí, 500 m, antes de Túnel, 1600 m, March 1991 (INBIO); 12 mi. N. San Isidro del General, 26 June 1969 (USNM). PANAMA: Bocas del Toro- 2.3 rd mi N from Continental Divide, 27 May 1993 (EGRC). Total: 24.