Cephaloleia mauliki Uhmann, 1930a

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 185

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia mauliki Uhmann, 1930a Fig. 186

Cephalolia mauliki Uhmann 1930a: 215. Uhmann 1936b: 481 (key), 1942: 94 (noted).

Cephaloleia mauliki Uhmann. Maulik 1932: 295 (larva), 1933: 937 (noted), 1937: 132 (host plants); Uhmann 1936b: 481 (key), 1950a: 274 (sculpture), 1957a: 22 (catalog); Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953: 19 (catalog); Lima 1955: 207 (faunal list); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 353 (types); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Staines 1996: 44 (Central America species), 1997: 413 (Uhmann species list), 2004: 312 (host plants), 2011: 50 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1997: 13 (types); Flowers and Hanson 2003: 51 (distribution); Sekerka et al. 2013: 304 (noted).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; dark reddish brown; antennomeres 1-5 and eyes black. Head: vertex with fine, scattered punctures, medial carina present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as the head and pronotum combined; robust; antennomere 1 as long as 2 and 3 combined; male with antennomeres 2 and 3 compressed, projecting inward; female with antennomeres 2 and 3 elongate; 4-10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 elongate, pointed at apex, subequal in length to 1; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; almost as wide as base of elytra; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.6-1.9 mm; pronotal width 2.3-2.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; apex acute; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures large, rows converge and unite irregularly at apex; elytral length 5.9-6.0 mm; elytral width 2.1-3.2 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; 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 emarginate medially in male; truncate, lightly bisinuate in female. Leg: slender; profemur canaliculate on underside; femur punctate; tibia spoon-shaped at apex, with fringe of setae. Total length: 8.0-8.4mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia placida , Cephaloleia simplex , and Cephaloleia sulciceps . It can be distinguished by the suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 being obsolete medially and by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 2 and 3 combined.

Host plant.

Heliconia sp. ( Heliconiaceae ) and Calathea insignis Petersen ( Marantaceae ) (Uhmann 1930; Maulik 1932, 1937); Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas, Zingiber spectabile Griff. ( Zingiberaceae ).

Immatures.

Color when dead creamy white with darker dorsal area along middle; surface shagreened, more so laterally. Total length: 8.5-9.5 mm; width 4.5-5.5 mm. Dorsum with anterior and lateral margins rugose; scattered setae especially along anterior margin; slightly raised medially. Venter with head somewhat elongate, epicranial halves not separated from each other; with six ocelli, four in line and two below; labrum large, covering mandibles; with setae; clypeus wider than labrum; mandible tridentate; maxillary palps short, stout; labial palps with one palpomere. Antenna long, antennomere 3 longest, with two unequal processes at apex; 2 shorter, wider, with four setae plus shorter setae at apex. Leg: with robust claw. ( Maulik 1932)

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Panama.

Type material examined.

Paralectotypes: Costa Rica, F. Nevermann, 24.IV.26 [green label]/ Hamburg Farm, Reventazon, Ebene Limon [reversed green label]/ Allotype [red label]/ Cephalolia mauliki [female]/ Det. Uhmann/ Cotype No. 54629 USNM [orange label]. Three labeled paratypes- one with same data, 2 same except date-20.II.28, 17.II.24 (USNM, 4).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Heredia- Fca. La Selva, nr. Puerto Viejo, 22 June 1969, 7 August 1969 (USNM), 25-30 June 2001 (USNM), 16 June 2001 (SEMC). Limón- Amubri, 70 m, Talamanca, 16-31 August 1992 (INBIO); Cerro Tortuguero 0-120 m, P.N. Tortuguero, February 1992, January 1993 (INBIO); Est. Cuatro Esquinas, 0 m, P.N. Tortuguero, January 1992, November 1989, October 1989, 27 April- 9 May 1992, June 1992, December 1992, November 1992, December 1990 (INBIO); 7 mi N Guacimo, 22 February- 3 March 1988 (BYUC); Guápiles, 17 February 1924 (USNM); Hamburg Farm, Reventazón, Ebene Limón, 3 March 1928, 15 February 1924, 15 November 1923 (DEI); Est. Hitoy Cerere, 100 m, R. Cerere, Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, 30 June- 20 July 1992, June 1991, 4-20 December 1991 (INBIO); Manzanillo, 0-100 m, RNFS Gandoca y Manzanillo, 22 October- 11 November 1992, 7-19 August 1992, 7-14 August 1992, 4-12 December 1992, 9 September- 13 October 1992 (INBIO); Est. Miramar, 500 m, Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, September 1992 (INBIO); Salvadora Farm, Parismina Fluss, 24 February 1931, 26 October 1930 (DEI); Waldeck, 24 February 1928 (USNM); Valle La Setrella, 100-200 m (INBIO). Puntarenas- Barranca site, 10 km N. Puntarenas, 4 July 1969 (USNM); Fil de Cal, 6 km N Ciudad Neily, 610 m, 2 January 1990 (UMMZ); Coto Brus, Las Cruces Biological Station, 1200 m, 11 March 2012 (USNM); Golfto, 1 January 1990 (UMMZ); Est. Queb. Bonita, 50 m, Res. Biol. Carara, 17 March- 30 April, June 1992, 1-29 July 1992 (INBIO); Est. Sirena, P.N. Corcovado, 0-100 m, September 1991, January 1992, April 1990, November 1990, July 1991, June 1992, 21 March- 21 April 1992 (INBIO). PANAMA: Panamá- Barro Colorado Is., 16 January 1953, 22 May 1978 (USNM), 17 January 1952 (DEI), 14-18 June 2001 (SEMC). Total: 99.