The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) Author Staines, Charles L. Author Garcia-Robledo, Carlos text ZooKeys 2014 436 1 355 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766 1313-2970-436-1 4AE52FD68CF948DCAA79C15AD75FF7F1 Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cephaloleia trimaculata Baly, 1858 Fig. 256 Cephaloleia trimaculata Baly 1858 : 166. Uhmann 1936a : 117 (comparative note), 1950b : 324 (noted), 1956 : 560 (noted), 1957a : 26 (catalog), 1964a : 404 (catalog); Blackwelder 1946 : 720 (catalog); Papp 1953 : 23 (catalog); Staines 1996 : 66 (Central America species), 2004 : 313 (host plants), 2011 : 51 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1999 : 524 (Baly species list); McKenna and Farrell 2005 : 121 (phylogeny), 2006 : 10949 (phylogeny); Meskins et al. 2008 : 163 (host plants), 2011 : 483 (food web); Garcia-Robledo et al. 2013a : 3 (biology). Cephalolia trimaculata Baly. Gemminger and Harold 1876 : 3602 (catalog); Donckier 1899 : 551 (catalog); Weise 1911a : 10 (catalog), 1911b : 12 (catalog), 1913 : 101 (noted); Bryant 1942 : 205 (faunal list). Cephalolia trimaculata columbica Weise 1913 : 101 (type: Colombia, Rio Negro; Sosomoco, ZMHB, not seen). Uhmann 1936a : 117 (noted). Cephaloleia trimaculata columbica Weise. Uhmann 1956 : 561 (noted). Description. Broadly elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; head, pronotum, and scutellum black; antennomeres 1-2 black, 3-11 yellow; elytra yellow with small black humeral macula and black subovate sutural macula; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellowish medially, black laterally; abdomen yellow; legs yellow. Head: vertex deeply punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 slightly incrassate, elongate, longer than 3; 2 transverse, less than 1/2 length of 1; 3-4 elongate, 4 longer than 3; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2 x length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate, much narrower than base of elytra; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface covered with large, round, dark punctures, punctures more dense laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9-1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.1-1.3 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex obtusely rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; slightly flattened along suture; moderately punctate-striate, rows confused apically; elytral length 3.4-3.6 mm; elytral width 1.7-2.0 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; male with last sternite with apical margin broadly truncate, female weakly emarginate medially. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with setae on apical 1/2 . Total length: 4.6-4.8 mm. Diagnosis. This species is similar to Cephaloleia weisei . It can be distinguished by antennomere 1 being longer than 2, by the pronotum being more punctate laterally, and by the elytral puncture rows being confused apically. Host plant. Adults have been collected on ginger lily ( Zingiberaceae ) ( Uhmann 1950a ); Renealmia sp. ( Zingiberaceae ) ( McKenna and Farrell 2005 ); Costus pulverulentus , C. Presl. ( Costaceae ) ( Meskins et al. 2008 ); Renealmia pluriplicata Maas ( Garcia-Robledo et al. 2013a ). Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Venezuela. Type material examined. Holotype female: Venezuela, Caracas, Salle (BMNH). Specimens examined. COSTA RICA: Limon- Sector Cerro Cocori , Fca. de E. Rojas, 150 m, May 1991 (INBIO). Ecuador: Napo- Sacha Lodge, 4-14 March 1994, 13-23 April 1994, 14-24 May 1994 (USNM). French Guiana: 33.5 km S Cayenne, 8.4 km NW Hwy N2 on hwy D5, 29 May- 7 June 1997 (SEMC); Roura, 27.4 km SSE, 10 June 1997 (SEMC); Saul, 7 km N, 1 km NW Les Eaux Claires, along Rue de Belizon trail, 4-8 June 1997 (SEMC). PANAMA: Panama- Cerro Campana, 850 M, 31 July 1970 (CMNC). Venezuela: Caracas 14 September 1952 ( USNM). Aragua- Pontachuelo, 14 August 1988 (BYUC); Portachelo Pass, 12 July 1987 (BYUC), 23-30 June 1967 (USNM), 4 June 1998 (SEMC); Rancho Grande, 14 May 1985 (BYUC), January 1954, 5 July 1968, 22-23 February 1971, 6 January 1973, 13 April 1975, 17 January 1976, 10 June 1983, 12 July 1987, 13 May 1998 (USNM), 26 January 1989 (AMNH), 12-14 May 1998, 13 May 1998 (SEMC). Lara- Parque Nac. Yacamba, El Blanquita, 1350 m, 1-3 August 1976, 6-8 April 1981 (USNM); 17.4 km SE Sanare, Yacambu National Park, 18 May- 1 June 1998 (SEMC). Merida- Andre Bello, 6 km E La Azulita, 15 July 1986 (BYUC). Total: 55.