Cephaloleia splendida Staines, 1996

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 246-247

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia splendida Staines, 1996 Fig. 237

Cephaloleia splendida Staines 1996: 60. McKenna and Farrell 2005: 121 (phylogeny); Staines 2011: 50 (faunal list).

Description.

Small; elongate; subparallel; subconvex; shining black (except elytral lateral margins yellow); pronotum reddish-yellow except black rectangular black macula from anterior margin to disc behind head; venter with prosternum black medially, reddish-yellow laterally. Head: vertex deeply, densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches beyond humerus; slender; antennomeres 1-3 elongate, 1 and 2 subequal in length, 3 longer; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1 or 2; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, deeply punctate; transverse impression present just posterior to disc; pronotal length 0.7-0.9 mm; pronotal width 0.9-1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with minute tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 2.3-3.2 mm; elytral width 1.1-1.5 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna 1-2 sparsely punctate, 3-5 densely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, entire in female. Leg: slender; femur and tibia punctate, each punctate with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.9-4.3 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia turrialbana . It can be distinguished by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 2 and by the basal impression on the pronotum.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Costa Rica, Penas Blancas, 7.VII.1987, E. Cruz, FIT/ Holotype Cephaloleia splendida Staines, Des. C. L.Staines 1994 [red label] (USNM).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Peñas Blancas, 7 July 1987 (USNM); Upala, Sector San Ramón de Dos Ríos, 1.5 km NW Hacienda Nueva Zelandia, 600-700 m (INBIO). Cartago- no further data (ZMHB); Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. Tapantí, 1250 m, April 1992 (INBIO); Quebrada Segunda, 1200-1300 m (INBIO); Turrialba, Tayutic, Grano deo Oro, Chirripo, 1100-1200 m (INBIO). Guanacaste- Estación Pitilla, 9 km S. Santa Cecilia, 600-700 m (INBIO); Liberia, Mayorga, Estación Cacao, 2 km SW Cerro Cacao, 900-1000 m (INBIO); Río San Lorenzo, Tierras Morenas, 900-1000 m (INBIO). Heredia- La Selva Bio. Station, January 1993 (BYUC). Limón- 16 km W Guápiles, 400 m, March 1989 (USNM); Est. Jalova, 0 m, P.N. Tortuguero, July 1990 (INBIO); Valle La Estrella, 0-100 m (INBIO); Sardinas, Barra del Colorado, 4 km NW Cerro Cocorí 0-100 m (INBIO). Puntarenas- R. F. Gulfo Dulce, 3 km SW Rincón, 10 m, October-December 1990 (USNM); Monte Verde Biol. Res, Camino Penas Blancas, 1400 m, 10 July 1989 (USNM); Osa, Sierpe, Rancho Quemado, 200-300 m (INBIO); Perez Zeledón Santa Elena, Las Nubes, 1200-1300 m (INBIO); 3 km SW Rincón, 10 m, March-May 1991 (USNM); 6 km S San Vito Las Cruces,1200 m, March 1988 (USNM). San José- 1 km NE Estación Santa Elena, 1300-1400 m (INBIO); Estación Bijagual, 1.5 km N Bijagual, 400-500 m (INBIO). Nicaragua: Matagalpa- 6 km N Matagalpa, 1350 m, 19 May 2002 (SEMC). PANAMA: Chiriquí- El Valle del Nubes, 12 mi NW Rovira, 4000 feet, 10 March 1960 (CDFA); Reserva La Fortuna, Continental Divide Tr., 28 May 1992 (EGRC), 25 May 1993 (CDFA), 10 May 1994 (CDFA, USNM) Panamá- Cerro Campana, 27 August 1972 (EGRC), May 11-15, 1980 (EGRC), 17 May 1993 (EGRC). Total: 98.