Ogdoecosta epilachnoides Champion 1893
Creators: name: López-Pérez, Sara
name: Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago
name: Chaboo, Caroline S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Ogdoecosta
Ogdoecosta epilachnoides

description: Ogdoecosta epilachnoides (Champion 1893)
(Figs 8 A–C)
Chelymorpha epilachnoides Champion 1893:158
Male. Length 10.4–11.3 mm, width 7–8.2 mm (n=15). Black, glabrous, moderately shiny.
HEAD. Surface black, rugose; supraorbital area with scattered short setae. Interocular width up to 1.5 times diameter of eyes. Antennae long, reaching pronotal base; antennomere III longer than IV, antennomere I shorter than XI. Clypeus oval in shape, pubescent, with large punctures; over 2 times wider than long. Labrum 2–3 times wider than long; surface smooth, with setae at periphery.
THORAX. Pronotum 2 times wider than long, surface convex, pubescent, with fine and close punctures, black; anterior margin emarginated, margination U-shaped; explanate margin with coarse punctures; base sinuous; hind angles sharp and produced behind with close punctures; pronotal disc with shallow longitudinal groove. Prosternum pubescent, rugose. Scutellum triangular, surface smooth, black. Elytral surface glabrous, black with 6– 10 large orange spots; spots arranged with two close to base, two close to elytral margin, two more close to apex; elytral margin with short setae; punctures coarse and dense; humeri rounded, impunctate. Prosternal process pubescent, with distinctive groove, apex rounded. Mesosternal process deeply notched.
ABDOMEN. Ventrites surface smooth, pubescent, black. Aedeagus length no more than 2 mm, apex acute (Fig. 19 D).
Female. Similar to male. Length 12.8–13.3 mm, width 7.6–8.6 mm (n=15). Interocular width up to 1.5 times diameter of eyes. Clypeus over 2 times wider than long. Labrum 2–3 times wider than long. Pronotum 2–3 times wider than long. Spermatheca well sclerotized (Fig. 19 D), over 2 times longer than wide, apex acute, with velum; spermathecal duct very coiled.
Comparative note. This species is distinguished from O. juvenca by its glabrous elytra, oval-shaped clypeus, distinctly grooved prosternal process, and spermatheca well sclerotized with densely coiled duct.
Remarks. Champion mentioned (1893) that some specimens exhibit a brown spot in the latero-medial area of the pronotum. However, the specimens we examined lacked such spots.
Host plant. Ipomoea murucoides Roem. & Schult. (Convolvulaceae).
Known distribution. México: Sinaloa, Durango, Jalisco, Morelos, and Guerrero (Borowiec & Świętojańska 2016).
Type material examined. Lectotype (present designation) (BMNH) (Figs 8 A–C). Durango,Ventanas, Höge | Godman-Salvin, Coll. Biol. Centr. Amer.
Additional material examined. 98 specimens with the following localities:
Jalisco: Ajijic, 18.VII.1994, J. Hendrichs (CNIN, 1); Cerro de Jocotepec, alt. 1470 m, IX/2003, E. Arriaga (CUCBA, 1 female); Puerto Los Manzanos, Autlán, alt. 1800 m, 15.XI.1994, M. Moreno (CUCBA, 1); Puerto Los Manzanos, camino La Antena, Autlán, 15.IX.1994, N. Amezcua (CUCBA, 3 males, 1 female); 13 mi. N Guadalajara, 2.IX.1971, W. J. Hanson (BYU, 1 female, 10); 6 mi. W Chapala, 30.VI.1963, J. Doyen (EMEC, 2). Morelos: 2.5 Km. N, 4 Km. O, Estación CEAMISH, 18º 27' 67.1'' N, 99º 02' 47.5'' W, alt. 940 m, 6–10.VIII.1996, S. Zaragoza (CNIN, 1 male); Huatla, Estación CEAMISH, 7.VIII.1996, S. Zaragoza & A. Pérez (CNIN, 2 females); Km. 14 Huautla-Jojutla, 6.VII.1995, H. Brailovsky & E. Barrera (CNIN, 2 male); Oaxtepec, 1400 msnm, 26.VIII.1956, C. Bolívar (CNIN, 1); Polvorín Villa de Ayala, 22.VI.1974, M. Pérez (CNIN, 1); Rancho El Polvorín, Villa de Ayala, 22.VII.1971, H. Pérez (CNIN, 1 male); Tequesquitengo, 28.V.1943, J. Alvares del Villar (CNIN, 1); Xochitepec, 8.VI.1958, J. Hendrichs (CNIN, 1); Xochitepec, 14.VIII.1960, J. Hendrichs (CNIN, 1); Yautepec, 15.VIII.1997, H. Brailovsky & E. Barrera (CNIN, 1 male); Derrame del Chichinautzin, 2400 msnm, 22.II.1976, P. Rojas (Mus. Zoo. Fac. Cien. UNAM, 1); Derrame del Chichinautzin, 2600 msnm, 2.IV.1976, P. Rojas (Mus. Zoo. Fac. Cien. UNAM, 1); Derrame del Chichinautzin, 2600 msnm, 22.X.1976, Hentschel (Mus. Zoo. Fac. Cien. UNAM, 1); Derrame del Chichinautzin, 2400 msnm, 22.X.1976, Hentschel (Mus. Zoo. Fac. Cien. UNAM, 1); Derrame del Chichinautzin, 2400 msnm, 14.II.1976, Hentschel col. (Mus. Zoo. Fac. Cien. UNAM, 1); San Juan Tepoztlán, 26.IX.1978, M. L. Castillo (Mus. Zoo. Fac. Cien. UNAM, 2 males); Tepoztlán, 16.VII.1978, E. Hernández (Mus. Zoo. Fac. Cien. UNAM, 1); El Limón, Tepalcingo, 18º 32' 33.5'', 98º 56' 18.9'', 1882 msnm, 18.VI.2010, S. López col. (CCFES-Z, 3 females); Olicornio, Tepalcingo, 17.VI.2011, S. López (CCFES-Z, 1 male); Olicornio, Tepalcingo, 17.VI.2011, E. Aguilar (CCFES-Z, 1male); 10 mi. E Cuernavaca, 31.VII.1963, W. A. Foster (EMEC, 1); 2 mi. S Cuernavaca, 8.VII.1962, D. H. Janzen (EMEC, 1); Alpuyeca, 3.VII.1951, P. D. Hurd (EMEC, 2); 10 mi. E Cuernavaca, 31.VII.1963, W. A. Foster (EMEC, 3); Palo Bolero, 1200 msnm, 14.VIII.1955, B. Malkin (EMEC, 1); Tequesquitengo, 6.VII.1956, D. H. Janzen (EMEC, 1); Ruinas de Xochicalco 5 mi. SW Cuernavaca, 12.VIII.1977, T. Meikle & C. Griswold (EMEC, 1); 11.3 E Cuernavaca, 1.VIII.1969, G. W. Bayers (KSBS, 1); 135 Km. S Ciudad de México, 14.VII.1936, H. D. Thomas (KSBS, 2); 4 mi. SW Yautepec, 3810 ft. 2.VII.1961, C. D. Michener (KSBS, 2); 6 mi. W Tepoztlán, 30.VII.1963, Naumann (KSBS, 1); 6.7 mi. S Yautepec, 29/VII/1963, Naumann & Willis (KSBS, 4); Cuernavaca, 27.VII.1938, Lipovsky (KSBS, 1); Yautepec 7.3 mi. SW, 3500 ft, 2.VII.1961, Universidad of Kansas Expedition, (KSBS, 9); 4.4 mi. E Cuernavaca, 6-8/VII/1974, Clark, Murray, Ashet & Shaffner (TAMU, 2); 5 mi. Cuernavaca, 5000 ft. 29.VI.1973, R. R. & M. E. Murray (TAMU, 1); Cuernavaca, 8–13.XI.1987, F. D. Parker (BYU, 1); 20 mi. W Izucar de Matamoros, 18.VIII.1976, M. Schwartz & W. Hanson (BYU, 1). Puebla *: 3 mi. NW Petlalcingo, 4600 ft., 18.VIII.1969, Universidad of Kansas Expedition, (KSBS, 1). Guerrero: Tetipac Km. 2 a Chontalcuatlan, 18º 37' 34'' N, 99º 32' 54'' W, alt. 1427 m, 29.VIII.2005, L. Cervantes & R. Carranza (CNIN, 1); Subestación Corona, Taxco de Alarcón, 18° 41' 19.1'' N, 99° 48' 21.9'' W, alt. 2500 m, 1.X.2011, G. Rodríguez (CNIN, 4 males, 6 females, 3); Coxcatlán, Buenavista de Cuellar, 18º 29' 37'' N, 99º 26' 53.6'' W, 25.VIII.2007, M. Ordóñez (CCFES-Z, 1); Juliantla, Taxco de Alarcón, 18º 31'28.4'' N, 99º 33' 18.1'' W, 24.VIII.2007, S. López (CCFES-Z, 1); 2.1 mi. NW Cacahuamilpa, 27.VI.1976, Peigler, Grutzmacher, R. Murray y Schaffner (TAMU, 1); 6 Km. N Chilpancingo, 15–19.VII.1984, J. Cope, (BYU, 1); Zopilote cyn. 20– 23.VI.1989, J. Cope (BYU, 1).
description: Published as part of López-Pérez, Sara, Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago & Chaboo, Caroline S., 2016, Revision of Ogdoecosta Spaeth 1909 with description of Ogdoecosta paraflavomaculata López-Pérez, sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Mesomphaliini), pp. 410-440 in Zootaxa 4179 (3) on pages 422-423, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/259933