Cephaloleia flavipennis Baly, 1869

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 142-143

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4AE52FD6-8CF9-48DC-AA79-C15AD75FF7F1

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scientific name

Cephaloleia flavipennis Baly, 1869
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia flavipennis Baly, 1869 View in CoL Fig. 142

Cephalolia flavipennis Baly 1869: 373 Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3601 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 549 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 115 (noted), 1953d: 47 (faunal list).

Cephaloleia flavipennis Baly. Waterhouse 1881: 261 (distribution); Uhmann1957b: 19 (catalog); Staines and Staines 1999: 524 (Baly species list); McKenna and Farrell 2006: 10949 (phylogeny).

Description.

Elongate; large; subparallel; subconvex; head, pronotum (except castanaceous lateral margins), antennae, and legs black; scutellum and elytra yellowish. Head: vertex finely, densely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1-5 elongate; 1 thickened, ⅓ longer than 2; 2-5 cylindrical; 3 longer than 2; 4-5 subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 6-10 subequal in length, transverse, each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed 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, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, strongly punctate, more dense laterally, longitudinal impunctate line on disc; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3-1.7 mm; pronotal width 2.0-2.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; subconvex; moderately punctate-striate, punctures rather oval; interspaces flat; elytral length 5.2-5.6 mm; elytral width 2.9-3.2 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 truncate in female, emarginate medially in male. Leg: robust; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.0-7.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia collaris and Cephaloleia neglecta . It can be distinguished by the lack of a transverse basal impression on the pronotum.

Host plant.

According to label data, adults have been collected feeding on Heliconia standleyi J. F. Mador. ( Heliconiaceae ) and Elaeis guineensis Jacq. ( Arecaceae ).

Distribution.

Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Type material examined.

Holotype female: Ecuador [handwritten label]/ Buckley [handwritten label]/ Cephalolia flavipennis Baly, Ecuador [blue handwritten label] (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

BRAZIL: Amazonas- Manaus (USNM). COLOMBIA:?- Florencia, 22 March 1972 (USNM). Ecuador: Napo- Aguarico, 16 August 1975 (USNM); Coca (USNM); Limonocha, 31 March 1974 (ERGC), 3 June 1977 (USNM); Limoncoha Reserve, 10 August 1997 (CDFA, USNM); Sacha Lodge, 23 March 1999 (SEMC, USNM), 21-22 March 1999 (SEMC); San Rafael Falls, 215 m, 11 August 1997 (USNM); Shushufindi, 215 m, 11-12 August 1997 (CDFA); 11 km W Plano, 500 m, 20 August 1997 (CDFA); Pununo, 20 August 1997 (CDFA); San Rafael Falls, 20 km SW El Reventador, 1100 m, 7-12 August 1997 (CDFA, USNM); 3 km S Río Molin, 19 August 1997 (CDFA); 12 km SE Tena, 24 May 1977 (USNM).; Orellana- Estacion Cientifica Yasuni, 215 m, 14 August 1997, 17 August 1997 (USNM); Yasuni, 300 m, 10-13 August 1998 (USNM); Yasuni area, 36 km S Cientifica Yasuni, 15 August 1997 (CDFA); Estacion Cientifica Yasuni, 14-17 August 1997 (CDFA); Yasuni Lodge, Río Napo, 270 m, 21 March 1999 (USNM); Yuturi Lodge, Río Napo, 270 m, 21 March 1999 (SEMC). PERU: Huanuca- Cueva de las Pavas Canyon, 2600 feet, 8 km S Tingo Maria, 24 April 1987 (EGRC). Loreto- Madreselva Biol. Stn., 24 June 2005 (USNM). Total: 154.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

SubFamily

Cassidinae

Genus

Cephaloleia