Cephaloleia separata Baly, 1885

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 243-244

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia separata Baly, 1885 Fig. 235

Cephaloleia separata Baly 1885: 22. Blackwelder 1946: 720 (catalog); Papp 1953: 22 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 25 (catalog); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Staines 1996: 59 (Central America species); Staines and Staines 1999: 524 (Baly species list).

Cephalolia separata Baly. Donckier 1899: 551 (catalog); Weise 1905a: 131 (noted), 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog); Uhmann 1932b: 261 (noted).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; head (except yellowish frons) and scutellum brownish; antennae black; pronotum yellowish with anterior margin dark be hind head; elytra brownish-black with yellow vitta beginning in interspace 3 going to interspace 6; venter with prosternum yellow; mesosternum yellow, medially darker laterally, metasternum and abdominal sterna yellow or with black macula on apical margin of each sternite medially; leg with femur and tibia yellow, tarsi darker. Head: vertex punctate, medial sulcus present; frons finely punctate, not projecting; eyes long, convex, finely faceted; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, robust, as long as 2-4 combined; 2-3 triangular, 3 longer than 2; 2 shortest; 3 1½ length of 2; 4-6 transverse, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 3; 7-10 elongate, subequal in length, each slightly longer than 6; 11 slightly longer than 10, pointed at apex; 1-5 punctate with scattered setae; 6-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface sparsely punctate laterally, disc impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3-1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.6-1.7 mm. Scutellum: acutely triangular; micropunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures in vitta larger, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.8 mm; elytral width 2.2-2.3 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin shallowly emarginate in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; tibia sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta, with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.2-6.7 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia ornatrix and Cephaloleia presignis . It can be distinguished by the elytral punctures rows being distinct to the apex.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Mexico.

Type material examined.

Lectotype male: Sontecomapam/ Type H. T. [white disk with red border]/ Mexico, Salle coll./ male/ B. C. A., Col. VI, 2. Cephaloleia separata, Baly/ Lectotype Cephaloleia separata Baly Des. C. L. Staines 1993 [red label] (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Heredia- El Angel falls, Vara Blanca area, 21 June 1969 (USNM). Limón- Est. Hitoy Cerere, R. Cerere, Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, 4-20 December 1991 (INBIO). Puntarenas- Aguirre, Quepos, P.N. Manuel Antonio, 0-100 m (INBIO). Total: 5.