Cephaloleia congener Baly, 1885

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 95-96

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia congener Baly, 1885 Fig. 103

Cephaloleia congener Baly 1885: 12. Blackwelder 1946: 718 (catalog); Papp 1953: 15 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 17 (catalog); Wilcox 1983: 136 (catalog); Staines 1996: 22 (Central America species), 2004: 312 (host plants), 2011: 48 (faunal list); Maes 1999: 1016 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1999: 523 (Baly species list); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny); García–Robledo et al. 2013a: 3 (biology), 2013b: 193 (biology).

Cephalolia congener Baly. Donckier 1899: 548 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 7 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog).

Description.

Oblong-ovate; shining; subconvex; light reddish-brown, antennae (except basal antennomere), and eyes darker. Head: small; vertex and front finely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: less than ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, subequal in length to 3; 2 transverse in female, triangular in male, ½ length of 1; 3 triangular in male, elongate in female; 4-10 elongate, decreasing in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, diverging from base to middle, then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle obtuse, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface finely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3-1.4 mm; pronotal width 2.0-2.4 mm. Scutellum: scarcely longer than wide; pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin sinuate before middle, smooth; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded; slightly constricted behind humerus; convex; finely punctate-striate; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 edged with faint carina; elytral length 5.0-5.4 mm; elytral width 2.7-3.1 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 emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; femur robust; tibia expanded to apex, with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.6-7.4 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia immaculata . It can be distinguished by the finely punctate pronotum, by the suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 being complete, and by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 3.

Host plant.

Adults have been collected from Heliconia latispatha Bentham and Heliconia tortuosa Griggs ( Heliconiaceae ) ( Staines 1996); Heliconia imbricata Baker, Heliconia irrasa R. R. Sm., Heliconia mathiasiae G. S. Daniels and F. G. Stiles, Heliconia psittacorum Sw., Heliconia pogonantha Cufod., Heliconia sarapiquensis G. S. Daniels and F. G. Stiles, Heliconia wagneriana Peterson, Calathea crotalifera S. Watson, Cephaloleia inocephala Juntze, Ischnosiphon inflatus L. Andersson ( Marantaceae ), Musa velutina H. Wendl. and Drude ( Musaceae ) ( García–Robledo et al. 2013a).

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Type H. T. [white disk with red border]/ Panama, Bugaba, Champion [printed label]/ B. C. A., Col., VI, 2. Cephaloleia congener Baly [printed label]/ Cephaloleia congener Baly, Panama [blue handwritten label] (BMNH).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Est. Biol. Alberto Brenes, 20 June– 06 July 1999 (BYUC); Caño Negro, 20 m, R.N.V.S. Caño Negro, 4-17 December 1992 (INBIO); Río San Lorencito, 900 m, Res. For. San Ramón, 5 km N Col. Palmarena, March 1990, 13-18 June 1993 (INBIO); N slope Volcán de Rincón, 2 km W Dos Ríos, 22 May 1985 (EMEC); Upala, Dos Ríos, 31 March 1988 (MUCR); 20 km S Upala, 16-25 September 1990, 1-25 September 1991 (BYUC); A. C. G., Upala, Aguas Claras, Pque Nal Rincón de la Vieja, 600-700 m (INBIO). Cartago- Aquiares nr. Santa Cruz, 9 km NW Turrialba, 1500 m, 16 May 1985 (EMEC); CATIE, 3 km SE Turrialba, 600 m, 15 May 1985, 29 May 1985 (EMEC); Quebrada Segunda, P. N. Tapantí, 1250 m, April 1992, August 1992 (INBIO); Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapantí, 1250 m, August 1991 (INBIO); Turrialba (USNM), April (DEI), 4-13 August 1970, 30 May 1973 (USNM), 26-29 June 1986, 20 August 1989 (BYUC); nr. Tuis, 16-22 July 1993 (BYUC). Guanacaste- Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 1988, January 1989, 27 January-4 February 1989, 21 March– 21 April 1989, September 1989, December 1989, February 1990, March 1990, July 1991, August 1991, 18 April– 9 May 1993 (INBIO); Hda. Sta. Maria, 2 February 1993 (INBIO); Río San Lorenzo, 1050 m, R. F. Cord, March 1990, April 1991, November 1991, 10-20 February 1992, April 1992, July 1992 (INBIO); 3 km SE Río Naranjo, 14-20 August 1993 (BYUC). Heredia- Est. El Ceibo, Braulio Carillo N.P., 400-600 m, November 1989, March 1990, April 1990 (INBIO); Chilamate, Thomas Ray Property, 7 January 1990 (UMMZ); Finca Naranjo Valencia, 2 km sur Pueblo Nuevo, Sarapiquí, 90 m, 9-30 September 1992 (INBIO); 1 km S. Pt. Viejo, 4-5 June 1984 (EGRC); Est San Rafael Vara Blanca, P.N. Braulio Carillo, 1800-2000 m, April 1990 (INBIO); Est. Biol. La Selva, 21 January 1989 (MUCR), 14-15 August 1991 (BYUC), 15 April 2003, 2 March 2005 (USNM); Fca. La Selva nr. Puerto Villa, 5 August 1969 (USNM), 19 July 1985 (UMMZ), 7 September 1988 (UMMZ), 30 March 1990 (INBIO); El Plastico Station, 4 July 2011 (USNM); 11 km SE La Virgen, 450-500 m, 12 April 2003 (USNM); Rara Avis Biological Station, 5 July 2011, 8 November 2011, 13 November 2011 (USNM). Limón- Amubri, 70 m, Talamanca, 1-22 July 1992 (INBIO); Cerro Tortuguero, P. N. Tortuguero, April 1989, August 1992, December 1992 (INBIO); CATIE, Turrialba, 600 m, S. Espavals, 10 September 1998 (BYUC); Cuatro Esquinas, P. N. Tortuguero, April 1989, October 1989, November 1989, December 1989, 20 September– 7 October 1990, September 1990, 27 March– 29 April 1992, November 1992 (INBIO); 7 mi N Guacimo, 22 February– 3 March 1988 (BYUC); 7 km W. Guápiles at Río Toro Amarillo, 22 August 1984 (UMMZ); Hamburg Farm, Reventazón, Ebene Limón, 24 January 1931, 1 February 1932, 15 January 1936 (USNM), 1 February 1932 (DEI); Est. Hitoy Cerere, 100 m, R. Cerere Res. Biol. Hitoy Cerere, 4-20 December 1991, 19-29 April 1992, 30 June– 20 July 1992, 15-27 February 1993 (INBIO); Manzanillo, 0-100 m, RFNS Gandoca y Manzanillo, 22 October– 11 November 1992 (INBIO); Río Sardinas, 10 m R.N.F.S. Barra del Colorado, September 1992 (INBIO); Salvadora Farm, Parismina, 5 September 1930 (USNM); Sector Cerro Cocorí, Fca. de E. Rojas, 150 m, 31 January– 21 February 1992, 26 March– 24 April 1992, April 1992, October 1992, 9-30 November 1992, January 1993, February 1993, March 1993, April 1993 (INBIO); Valle La Estrella (INBIO); Pococí, Colorado, Sector Cerro Cocorí, 100-200 m (INBIO). Puntarenas- Alajuela Peñas Blancas, 800 m, 19 May 1989 (SEMC); Est. Biol. Las Alturas, 2 km NE Alturas, 1520 m, 10 July 1999 (CMNC); Barranca site, 10 km N. Puntar., 17 June 1969 (USNM); Estación Boscosa, Peninsula de Osa, 15 September 1991 (INBIO); Est Biol. Las Alturas, 1500 m, Coto Brus., October 1991, 23 March– 2 May 1992, August 1992, 3-4 September 1992, November 1992 (INBIO), 23-26 May 1992 (AJGC); Fca. Cafrosa, Est Las Mellizas, P.N. Amistad, November 1989, May 1990 (INBIO); Fca. Las Cruces, San Vito de Java, 27 June 1969 (USNM); Monteverde Cloud For. Res., 27-31 May 1984 (EGRC); Monteverde Cloud For. Res., 1500 m, 20 May 1985 (EMEC); Est. Queb. Bonita, 50 m, Res. Biol. Carara, 17 March– 30 April, April 1992 (INBIO), 11 August 1991 (BYUC); Peninsula de Osa, 22 July 1960 (MUCR); Rancho Quemado, Pen Osa, April 1991, July 1991, October 1991, 21 March– 7 April 1992, April 1992, May 1992, October 1992, December 1992 (INBIO); 3.5 mi. S. Rincón, Osa Pen insula, 28 February– 12 March 1969 (CASC); San Vito-Villa Nielly area, 13 August 1969 (USNM); San Vito, Est. Biol. Las Alturas, May 1992 (BYUC); Est Sirena, Corcovado NP, December 1989, October 1989, November 1989, January 1990, February 1990, March 1990, April 1990, May 1990, June 1990, September 1990, October 1990, June 1991, September 1991, January 1992, April 1992 (INBIO); Wilson Botanical Garden (Las Cruces Biol. Stn.) nr. San Vito, 1200 m, 26 May 1993 (SEMC). San José- San Isidro, 9 mi S, 31 December 1988 (BYUC); Est. Boscoas, 0-100 m (INBIO); km 117 Pan American Hwy, 19 km N San Isidro, 20-25 June 1997 (SEMC). GUATEMALA: no further data (USNM). NICARAGUA: no further data (USNM). PANAMA: no further data (USNM). Chiriquí- 10 mi W. Boquete, 14 March 1960 (BYUC); 11.2 km E Chiriquí, 30 May 1993 (AJGC); Fortuna, 17 May 1978 (USNM); Reserva Fortuna, Fortuna Dam, 29 May 1993 (CDFA); 27.7 km NE Volcán Hartmann’s Finca, 1450 m, 18 June 1996 (USNM); Las Laguna, El. 1360 m., 4 km W. Hato del Volcán, 24 May 1973 (EGRC). Coclé- Cerro Gaital, 4000', 1 May 1993 (AJGC). Colón- Reserva Sobrina, Pipeline Road, 23 May 1993, 6 May 1993 (AJGC); Porto Bello, 18 February 1911, 19 February 1911, 27 February 1911, 6 March 1911 (USNM). Darien- Estación Ambiental Cana, 525-750 m, 3-10 June 1996 (USNM). Panamá- Cerro Campana, 3000 ft., 1 August 1979 (CMNC); Old Gamboa road, 4 June 1993 (AJGC). Total: 449.