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 neglecta Weise, 1910 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); Garcia-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 3/4 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 x length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal 3/4 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- Rio Mamore, 2 km N mouth Rio Chapare, 31 July 1965 (AMNH). BRAZIL: no further data (AMNH). Rondonia- Rio 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). PANAMA : Cocle- 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); Rio 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.