Cephaloleia corallina Erichson, 1847

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 101-102

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia corallina Erichson, 1847 Fig. 106

Cephaloleia corallina Erichson 1847: 151. Baly 1858: 42 (redescription); Waterhouse 1881: 261 (distribution); Uhmann 1957b: 17 (catalog), 1959b: 8 (scutellum), 1964a: 403 (catalog); Staines and Staines 1999: 523 (noted).

Cephalolia corallina Erichson. Guérin–Méneville 1855: 601 (faunal list); Gemminger and Harold 1876: 3601 (catalog); Donckier 1899: 548 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 7 (catalog), 1911b: 10 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 109 (noted), 1936f: 481 (key), 1953d: 47 (faunal list); Soukup 1942: 317 (museum list).

Description.

Elongate; subdepressed; bright shining red; antennomeres 1-6 red, 7-11 black. Head: vertex smooth, faint medial sulcus present; sparsely, irregularly punctate around eye; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; antennomere 1 compressed, subclavate, obliquely truncate at apex, longer than 2; 2-3 in male triangularly expanded, elongate in female; 3 longer than 2; 4-10 transverse, each shorter than 2, decreasing in length; 11 2 × length of 10, bluntly rounded at apex; 1-6 punctate with scattered setae; 7-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head, slightly curved; disc subconvex; surface distinctly but sparsely punctate; transverse medial basal impression present; pronotal length 2.0-2.2 mm; pronotal width 2.9-3.2 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex obtusely rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; moderately convex, scarcely flattened at suture; short longitudinal sulcus present at base near humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures large, ovate; pygidium obtusely rounded; elytral length 6.7-7.0 mm; elytral width 3.6-4.0 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 rounded, sinuate at apex in male, rounded, entire in female. Leg: slender; sparsely punctate; femur robust; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 9.0-9.6 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia apicicornis , Cephaloleia halli , Cephaloleia ochra sp. n., and Cephaloleia proxima . It can be distinguished by having a transverse basal impression on the pronotum.

Host plant.

Accodring to data adults have been collected feeding on Calathea inocephala (Kuntze) H. Kennedy, Cephaloleia lutea Schult. ( Marantaceae ), and Heliconia stricta Huber ( Heliconiaceae ).

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rondonia), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru.

Type material.

Type: Peru, female, ZMHB, not seen.

Specimens examined.

BOLIVIA: Cochabamba- no further data (USNM); Chyan Villa Gnal(?) Rombain, January 1952, November 1953 (USNM). Santa Cruz- Buena Vista, 10 March 1951 (USNM). Brazil: no further data (AMNH). Amazonas- Manaus, October 1946 (AMNH). Bahia- São Paulo d’Olivenca (USNM). Minas Gerais- Santa Cruz de Sarra, 17 July 1985 (USNM), 21 July 1985 (USNM), 3 June 1985 (USNM); Santa Rosa, Nova Grenda, August 1878 (USNM). Pará- Val de Cans, Belem, 20-21 November 1968 (AMNH). Rondonia- 62 km SW Ariquames, Fzda Rancho Grande, 15-22 May 1991 (BYUC), 2 November 1989 (USNM), 15-22 March 1991 (USNM), 7 November 1989 (USNM), 6-15 December 1990 (EGRC, USNM), 12-22 November 1991 (CDFA), 6 October 1993 (BYUC). COLOMBIA: Antioquia- Río Berrío, 8 August 1938 (USNM). ECUADOR: Esmeraldas- 31.7 km NW Lita, 620 m, 23 August 1997 (CDFA). Los Ríos- Río Palenque, 47 km S Sto. Domingo, 220 m, 26 August 1997 (CDFA, USNM). Napo- Oriente, June 1986 (USNM). Orellana- Estación Cientifica Yasuni, 215 m, 5-10 September 1999 (EGRC). Pichincha- Chimba, 1000 ft., August 1897 (USNM). Sucumbios- Limoncocha Reserve, 215 m, 10 August 1997 (CDFA); Sushufindi, 215 m, 12 August 1997, 11 August 1997 (CDFA, USNM). French Guiana: Saul, 7 km N. Les Eaux Claires, 31 May 1997 (SEMC); Matcury, 42.5 km SSW on Hwy N2, 26 May 1997 (SEMC). PERU: Arequipa- Chancha (USNM). Ayaucho- La Mar, Santa Rosa, 640 m, 19-25 September 1976 (USNM). Huanuco- Chinchao Carpish, 25oo m, 8 September 1947, 15 September 1947 (AMNH); Leonpampa region, December 1937 (SEMC); Munson Valley, Tingo Maria, 2 November 1954 (CASC); Tingo Maria, 2200 ft., 28 December 1946, 21 October 1946 (AMNH), 670 m, 1-10 May 1937 (SEMC). Loreto- Madreselva Biol. Stn., 24 June 2005 (USNM). Madre de Dios- CICRA Field Station, 272 m, 9 June 2011, 11 June 2011, 12 June 2011, 14 June 2011 (SEMC); Rio Tambopata Reserve, 30 km (air) SW Puerto Maldonaro, 29-30 April 1988 (CASC). Total: 128.