Cephaloleia ruficollis Baly, 1858
ADULT
Elongate; head, antennae, and elytra black; pronotum red. Head: vertex and front densely punctate; slightly depressed between eyes; medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting. Antenna: filiform; antennomere 1 clavate, subequal in length to 3; 2-3 cylindrical, 2 shorter than 1 or 3; 4-10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; convex; slightly depressed behind middle; sparsely punctate, punctures subovate, large; side margined, narrowly canaliculate, straight for basal ½, then convergent; anterior angle acute, produced; posterior angle rectangular; pronotal length 1.0-1.1 mm (n=15); pronotal width 1.3-1.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, micropunctate. Elytron: wider than base of pronotum; side margined, smooth, nearly straight; apices rounded, cojointly emarginate at suture; apical margin minutely serrulate; subconvex, slightly flattened at suture; with 11 striae at base; punctures large, deep; punctures near apex smaller and less impressed than those on disc; lateral margin slightly reflexed; elytral length 3.8-4.1 mm; elytral width 1.9-2.0 mm. Venter: black; pro-, meso-, and metasterna smooth in middle, punctate at sides; abdominal sterna 1-4 punctate at sides; 1 and 2 fused in middle; 4-5 setose; last abdominal sternite broadly truncate-emarginate, middle sinuate in male. Leg: femur and tibia punctate; tibia with fringe of setae at apex. Total length: 5.1-5.3 mm.
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and México.
MUSEUM RECORDS: COSTA RICA: Cartago- Quebrada Segunda, 1200-1300 m (INBio). Guanacaste- La Cruz, La Garita, Estación Los Almendros, 200-300 m (INBio); La Cruz, Santa Elena, Cerro El Hacha, 12 km SE La Cruz, 200-300 m (INBio). Heredia- Est. Biol. La Selva, IV-V-1993 (MUCR). Limón- Llanuras del Tortuguero, Pococí, Río Sardinas, Barra del Colorado, 0-100 m (INBio); Pococí, P.N. Colorado, Sector Cerro Cocorí, 30 km N Cariari, 100-200 m (INBio); Talamanca, Amubri, 0-100 m (INBio). Puntarenas- Monteverde Reserve, 1500 m, 23.VIII.1987, 18.VIII.1987, 19.VIII.1987, 24.VIII.1987, 24 May 1979 (CMNC); Monteverde area 6 June- 14 June 1973, 1400-1700 meters (USNM); Orotina San Mateo, 29 Feb 1939 (MUCR); Garabito, Reserva Biol Carara, Est Quebrada Bonita, 0-100 m (INBio); Reserva Bosque Eterno de los Niños, Sector Monteverde, 1500-1600 m (INBio). EL SALVADOR: San Salvador- Los Chorros, 4 km. S. Santa Tecla, V.13.1971 (CHAH). GUATEMALA: Baja Verapaz- no further data (PSUC); 5 km. S. San Jeronimo, 1250 m, 20.V.1991 (CMNC). Petén- Tikal, ix.1959 (USNM). HONDURAS: Atlántida- 36 km E. Tela, Aug 6, 1977 (EGRC). Copán- Sta Rosa, 4000', VII-24-1974 (EGRC). MEXICO: no further data (DEI). Chiapas- 4.8 km 11-20-56 (USNM); SE Trinitaria, 19 Sep 1981 (SMC); Tuxtla Gutierrez, 23-V-52 (USNM). Colima- 11.3 mi. S. Colima, VIII.20.1984 (FSCA). Guerrero- 9.0 km. NW. El Ocotito, 945 m, 7.vii.87 (TAMU). Jalisco- 9 mi SW Autlan, 4300', hwy 8, VIII-11-82 (EGRC); 6 mi NE Barra de Navidad, 500', hwy 80, VIII-11-82 (EGRC). Morelas- Cañon de Lobos, km 19E Cuernavaca, 1220-1375 m, VII-3-1992 (EGRC). Oaxaca- Puerto Escondido, July 15, 1985 (TAMU); 3.9 mi. NE of San Gabriel Mixtepec, July 16, 1985 (TAMU); 7.6 km. S. San Gabriel Mixtepec, 762 m, 10.vii.87 (TAMU); Temescal, VII-6-1965 (EGRC); Vista Hermosa, 3-VII-1982 (SMC). San Luis Potosí- Tamazunchale, V-20-1952 (AMNH). Sinaloa- 38 mi. NE Concordia nr. Loberas, VII-3-1982 (USNM); 7 mi. E. Villa Unión, VIII.9.64 (CNC). Tampaulipas- Est. Biol. Las Cedras, Gomez-Farias, 350 m, VII-26-30-1993 (TAMU); El Cielito nr. Encino, Aug. 28-30-1985 (EGRC, USNM); along rd to Rancho de Cielo, , 1-3 mi W Gomez Faries, V-21-79 (EGRC). Veracruz- Fortín de la Flores, 26-30.VI.63 (USNM), 27-VI-1963 (FSCA); Jalapa (AMNH). Yucatán- Sagil, vii. 1959 (USNM).