Cephaloleia gilvipes Uhmann, 1930a

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 151-152

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia gilvipes Uhmann, 1930a Fig. 152

Cephalolia gilvipes Uhmann 1930a: 230.

Cephaloleia gilvipes Uhmann. Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953: 17 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 19 (catalog); Wilcox 1983: 137 (catalog); Staines 1996: 36 (Central America species), 1997: 413 (Uhmann species list); Staines and Staines 1997: 9 (types); Flowers and Hanson 2003: 51 (distribution); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny).

Description.

Elongate-oval; convex; small; shining; metallic blue; legs, antennae, and mouthparts yellow. Head: vertex impunctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1-2 transverse, 2 longer than 1; 3 elongate, cylindrical, as long as 1 and 2 combined; 4-10 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2 × length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse but much narrower than base of elytra; lateral margin sinuate, finely margined; anterior angle with short blunt tooth not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc convex; surface sparsely irregularly punctate; transverse prebasal depression behind disc and longitudinal depression laterally; pronotal length 0.8 mm; pronotal width 1.2 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; micropunctate. Elytron: lateral margin weakly expanding apically, smooth, fringed with setae; apex rounded, with very small teeth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; punctate-striate, puncture rows obsolete on apex and humerus; elytral length 3.3 mm; elytral width 2.0 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, alutaceous laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.5 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia punctatissima . It can be distinguished by the metallic blue coloration and by the elytral puncture rows being obsolete apically.

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Costa Rica, F. Nevermann, 4-I-24 [green label]/ Sta. Maria de Dota, auf Blüten [reversed green label]/ Type No. 54603 USNM [orange label]/ Holotype [red label]/ Cephalolia gilvipes sp. n. (USNM).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Cartago- El Guarco, San Isidro, 4 km S Cañon, 2200-2300 m (INBIO); La Chonta, 27 km SE Cartago, 2250 m, 5 February 1965 (BYUC). Limón- Valle del Silencio, 2400-2500 m (INBIO); Valle del Silencio, Vallecito, Los Sphagnum, 2400-2500 m (INBIOo); Valle del Silencio, Send. Jardín Natural, 2400-2500 m (INBIO). Puntarenas- Sta. Elena Cloud Forest Res., 1700 m, 9 September 1998 (BYUC). Total: 6.