Cephaloleia neglecta Weise, 1910

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 189-190

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cephaloleia neglecta Weise, 1910
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia neglecta Weise, 1910 View in CoL Fig. 190

Cephalolia neglecta Weise 1910: 91. Weise 1911a: 8 (catalog), 1911b: 12 (catalog); Uhmann 1936b: 114 (noted); Bryant 1942: 205 (faunal list).

Cephaloleia neglecta Weise. Uhmann 1957b: 22 (catalog); Seifert and Seifert 1979b: 51 (biology); Seifert 1982: 8 (biology); Jolivet and Verma 2002: 63 (noted); Jolivet 2003: 313 (noted); Staines 2004 a: 312 (host plants); Chaboo 2007: 45 (noted); García–Robledo et al. 2010: 64 (noted).

Description.

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; yellowish; antennae, head, and pronotum (except reddish lateral margin) darker. Head: vertex finely, irregularly punctate, medial sulcus present; frons projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; robust; antennomere 1 incrassate, elongate, 2 x length of 2; 2 transverse; 3-4 cylindrical, elongate; 3 ¾ length of 1; 4 shorter than 3; 5 transverse, shorter than 4; 5 transverse, shorter than 4; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2 × length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate except impunctate longitudinal medial line; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.2-1.6 mm; pronotal width 1.6-2.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; flattened along suture; finely punctate-striate, punctures confused apically; elytral length 4.1-4.6 mm; elytral width 2.3-2.6 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 laterally emarginate and rounded medially in male, broadly emarginate laterally and weakly curved medially in female. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.7-6.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia collaris and Cephaloleia flavipennis . It can be distinguished by the transverse basal impression on the pronotum and the canalicultae lateral margins of the pronotum.

Host plant.

Heliconia aurea G. Rodriquez, Heliconia bihai L. ( Seifert and Seifert 1979b). According to the label data, adults have been collected on Heliconia stricta Huber ( Heliconiaceae ).

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil (Rondonia), Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Type material.

Type: Venezuela, Merida (ZMHB, not seen).

Specimens examined.

Bolivia: Santa Cruz- Río Mamore, 2 km N mouth Río Chapare, 31 July 1965 (AMNH). BRAZIL: no further data (AMNH). Rondonia- Río Pardo, SW Ariquames, 5 November 1989 (USNM); 62 km SW Ariquames Fzda. Rancho Grande, 6-15 December 1990, 3 November 1989 (USNM), 12-22 November 1991 (CDFA). COLOMBIA: Amazonas- Leticia, 23 February- 2 March 1974 (USNM). ECUADOR: Napo- Jatun Sacha Biol. Stn., 23 km W Puerto Napo, 469 m, 19 September 1993 (SEMC); Puyo, 960 m, 1-8 October 1970 (USNM); 4.2 km S Cosanga, on Baeza-Tena Road, then 1.5 km W on pipeline Access road, 5-7 November 1999 (SEMC). Pichincha- 3.5 km N Pedro Vicente Maldonado, 29 March 1999 (SEMC). PANAMÁ: Coclé- El Valle, 14 June 1967 (USNM). PERU: Peru-Brazil frontier, August 27 (AMNH). Huanuco- Tingo Maria, 2200 ft., 21 May 1947 (AMNH). Loreto- Reserva Alpahuayo Mishana, 27 May 2005 (USNM); Aguaitia, 295 m, September 1946 (AMNH); Iquitos, 400 m, 27 May 1992 (SEMC). Madre de Dios- Cocha Cashi Biol. Stn., Mami Nat Pk, 350 m, 17 October 2000 (SEMC, USNM); CICRA Field Station, 272 m, 9 June 2011, 12 June 2011, 13 June 2001 (SEMC); Río Tambopata Res., 30 km SW Pto. Maldanodo, 22 October 1983, 8 November 1983, 9 March 1984, 10 September 1984 (USNM). Pasco- Oxapampa-Puzuzo Rd., 1300 m, 19 October 1999 (SEMC, USNM); San Juan, NE Villa Rica-Puerto Bermudez Rd., 16 October 1999 (SEMC). Venezuela: Aragua- Rancho Grande, Maracay, January 1954, 14 February 1976, 23 January 1975, 13 May 1998 (USNM), 13 May 1998, 14 May- 2 June 1998 (SEMC); Rancho Grande, Portachado Pass, 150 m, 27 February 1995, 8 March 1995 (SEMC). Merida- no further data (ZMHB). Total: 137.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Cephaloleia