Cephaloleia schmidti Uhmann, 1933

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 240

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4AE52FD6-8CF9-48DC-AA79-C15AD75FF7F1

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cephaloleia schmidti Uhmann, 1933
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia schmidti Uhmann, 1933 View in CoL Fig. 232

Cephalolia schmidti Uhmann 1933: 168.

Cephaloleia schmidti Uhmann. Blackwelder 1946: 720 (catalog); Papp 1953: 22 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 25 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 359 (types); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Staines 1996: 58 (Central America species), 1997: 414 (Uhmann species list); Staines and Staines 1997: 20 (types); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 121 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny).

Description.

Narrowly elongate; subparallel; subconvex; head, antennae, scutellum, venter, and legs black, pronotum reddish, elytra with basal ½ reddish-brown with a black sutural vitta, apical ½ black. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; keel present between antennal bases; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 transverse, laterally compressed; 2 transverse, shortest; 3-4 elongate, cylindrical; 3 elongate, as long as 1 and 2 combined; 4 ¾ length of 3; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle acute, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface deeply, sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9-1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.1-1.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; slightly punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded, sparsely serrate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; puncture row 10 removed from lateral margin; elytral length 3.8-4.0 mm; elytral width 1.8-2.0 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. Leg: slender; femur punctate at apex; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.0-5.3 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia atriceps and Cephaloleia ruficollis . It can be distinguished by the elytra being reddish-brown at the base with a black sutural vitta, by the vertex of the head being depressed between the eyes, and by the suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 being complete.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Panama.

Type material examined.

Paratype: Costa Rica, F. Nevermann [green label]/ La Caja, B. San Jose, Schmidt leg. [reversed green label]/ Paratyp [red label]/ Cephalolia schmidti Uh., E. Uhmann det. 33/ Paratype No. 54638 USNM [orange label] (USNM).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Alajuela- 20 km S Upala, 22-31 May 1991 (BYUC). Cartago- Limón border, 500 m, 40 km NE Turrialba, 18 May 1979 (CMNC). Guanacaste- 3 km SE R. Naranjo, 1-5 June 199- (BYUC); Volcán Miravelles Geothermal Area, 3 July 1991 (EMEC). Puntarenas- Monteverde, 1400 m, 23 May 1979 (CMNC); 4-6 km S Sta Elena, June 4-7 1980 (EGRC); Garabito, Reserva Biol Carara, Estación Quebrada Bonita, 0-100 m (INBIO). San José- La Caja, S. San José (USNM). PANAMA: Panamá- Cerro Campana, 11-15 May 1980 (EGRC). Total: 12.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Cephaloleia