Cephaloleia trimaculata Baly, 1858

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 266

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia trimaculata Baly, 1858 Fig. 256

Cephaloleia trimaculata Baly 1858: 166. Uhmann 1936a: 117 (comparative note), 1950b: 324 (noted), 1956: 560 (noted), 1957a: 26 (catalog), 1964a: 404 (catalog); Blackwelder 1946: 720 (catalog); Papp 1953: 23 (catalog); Staines 1996: 66 (Central America species), 2004: 313 (host plants), 2011: 51 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1999: 524 (Baly species list); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 121 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny); Meskins et al. 2008: 163 (host plants), 2011: 483 (food web); García–Robledo et al. 2013a: 3 (biology).

Cephalolia trimaculata Baly. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3602 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 551 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 10 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog), 1913: 101 (noted); Bryant 1942: 205 (faunal list).

Cephalolia trimaculata columbica Weise 1913: 101 (type: Colombia, Río Negro; Sosomoco, ZMHB, not seen). Uhmann 1936a: 117 (noted).

Cephaloleia trimaculata columbica Weise. Uhmann 1956: 561 (noted).

Description.

Broadly elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; head, pronotum, and scutellum black; antennomeres 1-2 black, 3-11 yellow; elytra yellow with small black humeral macula and black subovate sutural macula; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellowish medially, black laterally; abdomen yellow; legs yellow. Head: vertex deeply punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 slightly incrassate, elongate, longer than 3; 2 transverse, less than ½ length of 1; 3-4 elongate, 4 longer than 3; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate, much narrower than base of elytra; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface covered with large, round, dark punctures, punctures more dense laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9-1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.1-1.3 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex obtusely rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; slightly flattened along suture; moderately punctate-striate, rows confused apically; elytral length 3.4-3.6 mm; elytral width 1.7-2.0 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; male with last sternite with apical margin broadly truncate, female weakly emarginate medially. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with setae on apical ½. Total length: 4.6-4.8 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia weisei . It can be distinguished by antennomere 1 being longer than 2, by the pronotum being more punctate laterally, and by the elytral puncture rows being confused apically.

Host plant.

Adults have been collected on ginger lily ( Zingiberaceae ) ( Uhmann 1950a); Renealmia sp. ( Zingiberaceae ) ( McKenna and Farrell 2005); Costus pulverulentus , C. Presl. ( Costaceae ) ( Meskins et al. 2008); Renealmia pluriplicata Maas ( García–Robledo et al. 2013a).

Distribution.

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Venezuela.

Type material examined.

Holotype female: Venezuela, Caracas, Sallé (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Limón- Sector Cerro Cocorí, Fca. de E. Rojas, 150 m, May 1991 (INBIO). Ecuador: Napo- Sacha Lodge, 4-14 March 1994, 13-23 April 1994, 14-24 May 1994 (USNM). French Guiana: 33.5 km S Cayenne, 8.4 km NW Hwy N2 on hwy D5, 29 May- 7 June 1997 (SEMC); Roura, 27.4 km SSE, 10 June 1997 (SEMC); Saul, 7 km N, 1 km NW Les Eaux Claires, along Rue de Belizon trail, 4-8 June 1997 (SEMC). PANAMA: Panamá- Cerro Campana, 850 M, 31 July 1970 (CMNC). Venezuela: Caracas 14 September 1952 (USNM). Aragua- Pontachuelo, 14 August 1988 (BYUC); Portachelo Pass, 12 July 1987 (BYUC), 23-30 June 1967 (USNM), 4 June 1998 (SEMC); Rancho Grande, 14 May 1985 (BYUC), January 1954, 5 July 1968, 22-23 February 1971, 6 January 1973, 13 April 1975, 17 January 1976, 10 June 1983, 12 July 1987, 13 May 1998 (USNM), 26 January 1989 (AMNH), 12-14 May 1998, 13 May 1998 (SEMC). Lara- Parque Nac. Yacamba, El Blanquita, 1350 m, 1-3 August 1976, 6-8 April 1981 (USNM); 17.4 km SE Sanare, Yacambu National Park, 18 May- 1 June 1998 (SEMC). Merida- Andre Bello, 6 km E La Azulita, 15 July 1986 (BYUC). Total: 55.