Cephaloleia tetraspilota Guerin-Meneville , 1844

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 263

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia tetraspilota Guerin-Meneville, 1844 Fig. 251

Cephaloleia tetraspilota Guérin–Méneville 1844: 282. Baly 1858: 63 (redescription); Uhmann 1957b: 26 (catalog), 1966d: 269 (noted); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 121 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny).

Cephalolia tetraspilota Guérin-Méneville. Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3602 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 551 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 10 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1931 f: 219 (museum list).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; black; antennae and legs paler; elytra with rounded ocher-yellow macula behind humeri and apical ¼ ocher-yellow; abdominal sterna yellowish; leg with base of femur brownish. Head: vertex strongly punctate, with medial carina; frons impunctate, not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches beyond humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, cylindrical, slightly longer than 2; 2-5 subequal in length, each ¾ length of 1, subelongate; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal 4/5 then broadly rounded to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface strongly sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3-1.5 mm; pronotal width 1.4-1.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded, smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.0-4.4 mm; elytral width 2.2-2.5 mm. Venter: prosternum punctate; meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.0-5.7 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia maculipennis . It can be distinguished by the black elytra and by the densely punctate vertex of the head.

Host plant.

Adults have been collected feeding on Calathea lanata Peterson ( Marantaceae ).

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Type material.

Type: Colombia (depository unknown, not examined).

Specimens examined.

Colombia: no further data (BMNH). Ecuador: Pichincha- Maquipuncuna Biological Reserve, 1350 m, 2-3 August 1998 (AJGC), 1275 m, Principal Trail, 27-29 October 1999 (SEMC). Sucumbios- Shushifindi, 1200 m, 9 August 1998 (AJGC, USNM). Peru: Loreto- Madreselva Biol. Stn., 24 June 2005 (USNM). Total: 22.