Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia disjuncta Staines, 1998 Fig. 124

Cephaloleia disjuncta Staines 1998: 672. Staines 2011: 49 (faunal list).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; yellowish-brown with head and antennae black; pronotum yellowish-brown with black medial macula on anterior margin behind head; scutellum yellowish-brown; elytra yellowish-brown with transverse black band before midline and apical ⅓ black; venter with prosternum yellowish, meso- and metasterna yellowish at middle and black laterally, abdominal sterna 1 and 2 yellowish, sterna 3-5 black with golden setae; legs yellow with femur black at apex, tarsi black. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, longest; 2 transverse, slightly rounded; 3-10 transverse, subequal in length, each longer than 2; 11 2 × length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: lateral margin sinuate, canaliculate anteriorly; anterior angle with rounded tooth; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc convex, depressed laterally; surface with scattered large punctures, mostly basally; pronotal length 1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; puncture rows moderately impressed; elytral length 5.1 mm; elytral width 2.3 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; suture between sterna 1 and 2 almost obsolete. Leg: slender; femur robust; tibia spatulate at apex, with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.9 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia apicata . It can be distinguished by the lack of an additional elytral puncture row and by the paler elytra with black transverse bands.

Host plant.

Collected from Vitex copperi Stanley ( Verbenaceae) (Staines 1998).

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Type material examined.

Holotype: COSTA RICA, Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva, 50-150m, 10°26'N, 84°01W, Jan 1994, INBIO-OET/ Vitex cooperi FOT-16-30, 5 Enero 1994// bar code 068725/ HOLOTYPE Cephaloleia disjuncta Staines 1997 [red label] (INBIO).