Cephaloleia sulciceps Baly, 1885

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 256

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia sulciceps Baly, 1885 Fig. 246

Cephaloleia sulciceps Baly 1885: 26. Blackwelder 1946: 720 (catalog); Papp 1953: 22 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 26 (catalog); Descarpentries and Villiers 1959 a: 139 (types); Wilcox 1983: 138 (catalog); Staines 1996: 62 (Central America species), 2011: 51 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1997: 21 (types), 1999: 524 (Baly species list).

Cephalolia sulciceps Baly. Donckier 1899: 551 (catalog); Weise 1911a: 9 (catalog), 1911b: 11 (catalog); Uhmann 1936a: 114 (noted).

Description.

Small; elongate; slightly narrowing apically; subconvex; reddish-brown, eyes darker; antennae with antennomeres 1-2 reddish-brown, 3-11 black. Head: vertex impunctate, with two deep, longitudinal sulci which reach antennal bases, longitudinal carina present between sulci; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; robust; antennomeres 1-2 short, subequal in length; 1 robust, clavate; 2 cylindrical; 3-10 transverse, decreasing in length, 3 shorter than 1 or 2; 2 × length of 10, 11 rounded at apex; 1-2 impunctate, glabrous; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight from base to beyond middle then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle broadly rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; apical margin straight; disc subconvex; surface sparsely punctate with shallow punctures; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.7-1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.1-1.3 mm. Scutellum: subcordate, apex acute; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures large, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 2.6-3.1 mm; elytral width 1.4-1.6 mm. Venter: pro- and mesosterna impunctate; metasternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna impunctate, glabrous; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.6-4.1 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia mauliki , Cephaloleia placida , and Cephaloleia simplex . It can be distinguished by the suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 being obsolete medially and by antennomere 1 being subequal in length to 2.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Panama.

Type material examined.

Syntype: Bugaba, 800-1500 ft., Champion/ paratipos [red label]/ F. Monros Collection 1959/ Cephaloleia sulciceps Baly, J. S. Baly det. [pink label] (USNM, 1).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Cartago- Turrialba (USNM), 4-13 August 1970 (USNM). Limón- Sector Cerro Cocorí, Fca. de E. Rojas, 150 m, November 1991 (INBIO). Puntarenas- Est. Sirena, 0-100 m, P.N. Corcovado, March-June 1991 (INBIO); Los Alturas Field Station, 20 km N San Vito de Java, 3-7 June 1991 (AMNH). PANAMA: Colón- Paraiso, 5 February 1911, 4 March 1911, 7 May 1911 (USNM). Panamá- Barro Colorado Is., no date (USNM); Summit, 29 November 1965 (AMNH). Total: 20.