A comparison of hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) associated with three orders of monocot host plants in lowland Panama

Meskens, Christophe; Windsor, Donald M.; Hance, Thierry

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“…We recorded the number and identity of adult hispine beetles occurring within the rolled or partially expanded young leaves of each plant encountered. Sampling procedures are further described in Meskens et al (2008). Plant species were identified by reference to Croat (1978), Berry and Kress (1991), Correa et al (2004) and by comparison with herbarium specimens archived at the STRI-Tupper Research and Conference Center, Panama City, Panama.…”

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“…There are approximately 3000 described species in 24 tribes and 170 genera (Staines, 2002). While most hispine species are known to feed on multiple plant species, a tendency for their hosts to occur within the same plant order and plant family has been well documented (Strong et al, 1984;Novotny et al, 2002;Descampe et al, 2008;Meskens et al, 2008). The hispine beetle species included in our study fall within one of three larval feeding guilds: 'rolled leaf' feeders (tribes Arescini, Cephaloleiini), 'open leaf' surface scrapers (tribes Hemisphaerotini, Prosopodontini, Delocraniini), and leaf miners (tribe Chalepini) (Strong, 1977a(Strong, ,b, 1983Jolivet, 1997).…”

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Host plant taxonomy and phenotype influence the structure of a neotropical host plant-hispine beetle food web

Meskens

McKenna

Hance

et al. 2011

Ecological Entomology

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1. Past studies of plant-phytophage communities have encountered both nested and modular/compartmented food web structures, revealing potentially important differences in the nature of interactions.2. We analysed qualitatively and quantitatively a taxonomically resolved plant-hispine beetle food web from Panama (lower Central America) to characterise its structure. The study included all beetles in the subfamily Cassidinae (Chrysomelidae) found feeding on common monocotyledonous plants in the Tropical forest understorey and edge habitats.3. Nestedness, a structural property common to many food webs, was not observed in this study, however strong evidence for a modular structure was uncovered.4. Our findings suggest the feeding niches of hispine beetles are constrained within module boundaries, which largely correspond to plant ordinal and familial limits, and secondarily to plant attributes, including the morphology of immature leaves. 5. We conclude that modularity in this food web is largely a product of narrow, discrete hispine beetle host specificity for larger phylogenetically related plant taxa.

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Host plant taxonomy and phenotype influence the structure of a neotropical host plant-hispine beetle food web

Meskens

McKenna

Hance

et al. 2011

Ecological Entomology

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“…This is corroborated also by Descampe et al (2008) who found in Panama that the 8 rolled-leaf hispines in their study attacked 4 to 9 of the 11 species of Heliconiaceae and Marantaceae investigated. Also, Meskens et al (2008) conclude that the host plant spectrum of the rolled-leaf hispine species is broader than previously thought. García-Robledo and Horvitz’s (2012a, b) found in a choice experiment that Cephaloleia dilaticollis – classified as a generalist – accepted Alpinia purpurata -leaves as oviposition sites to the same degree as their native host plant Renealmia alpinia (Zingiberaceae).…”

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“…Our primary aim was to assess the number of rolled-leaf hispines species and their abundances in the area of the biological field station “La Gamba” in the Golfito region of Costa Rica and to compare our findings with those from the “La Selva” biological station (Strong 1977a, b, 1982a, b; García-Robledo et al 2010; Staines 2011; García-Robledo et al 2013) and from sites in lowland central Panama (Descampe et al 2008, Meskens et al 2008). In addition, we collected data on putative host preferences and inter-specific aggregations of these beetles, including those with the carabid Calophaena ligata .…”

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Notes on the ecology of rolled-leaf hispines (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) at La Gamba (Costa Rica)

Schmitt¹,

Frank²

2013

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A total of 301 adult hispine beetles of the genera Cephaloleia and Chelobasis were found in rolled leaves of plants of 17 species of Zingiberales (families Costaceae, Heliconiaceae, Maranthaceae, Musaceae, and Zingiberaceae) during a field study at La Gamba, Golfito region, Costa Rica. Of these beetles, Cephaloleia belti was recorded from 12 potential host plant species, C. distincta from 7, C. dilaticollis from 5, C., Chelobasis bicolor, C. championi, and C. histrionica from 3, Chelobasis perplexa and C. instabilis from 2, whereas C. trivittata from only one. Of the plant species, Heliconia latispatha had 7 beetle species in its leaf rolls, Calathea lutea had 5, H. imbricata and H. rostrata had 4, H. stricta and Musa paradisiaca had 3, H. wagneriana had 2, while on H. vaginalis, H. danielsiana, H. densiflora, H. longiflora, Calathea crotalifera, C. platystachya, Goeppertia lasiophylla, Alpinia purpurata, Costus pulverulentus and Costus barbatus, H. densiflora, H. vaginalis, and H. danielsana only hispines of one species were found.Cephaloleia belti occurred together with beetles of six other hispine species, whereas Cephaloleia trivittata never shared a leaf roll with another hispine species. The remaining beetle species aggregated with one to four other hispines. Adults of C. belti and C. championi were frequently seen, occasionally also with C. dilaticollis, C. histrionica, and Chelobasis perplexa, to co-occur with the carabid Calophaena ligata in the same leaf roll without any sign of interspecific aggression.A comparison of host choices and the phylogeny of the hispines and of their host plants revealed no signs that beetles used species level phylogenetic relationships within the Zingiberales to select food plants. Obviously, within this plant order, rolled-leaf hispines choose their plant hosts in a nearly opportunistic manner. Seemingly, they use differences among plants at higher taxonomic levels but within the Zingiberales, the availability of young – rolled – leaves might be the actual decisive factor.

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“…(Heliconiaceae) (Meskins et al 2008); Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav. (Schmitt and Frank 2013); Musa velutina H. Wendl.…”

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The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)

Staines¹,

García‐Robledo²

2014

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The species of the Neotropical genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 are revised. We present a key to the known larvae of Cephaloleia (8 species), a key to the 95 species known to occur in Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, and a key to the 138 species known to occur in South America. All identification keys were translated to Spanish. Descriptions for the 214 known species of Cephaloleia as well as illustrations for 212 species are presented. The following species are removed from Cephaloleia: C. bipartita Pic, 1926c is transferred to Hybosispa Weise, 1910; C. minasensis Pic, 1931 and C. viridis Pic, 1931 are transferred to Stenispa Baly, 1858. The following species are described as new: C. abdita sp. n. from Brazil; C. amba sp. n. from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; C. angustacollis sp. n. from Ecuador; C. brevis sp. n. from French Guiana; C. calathae sp. n. from Costa Rica; C. chica sp. n. from Peru; C. conforma sp. n. from Costa Rica; C. crenulata sp. n. from Ecuador; C. gemma sp. n. from Bolivia and Brazil; C. horvitzae sp. n. from French Guiana; C. interrupta sp. n. from Costa Rica; C. kressi sp. n. from Costa Rica; C. lenticula sp. n. from Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Suriname; C. nana sp. n. from Ecuador; C. ochra sp. n. from Ecuador; C. stainesi sp. n. from Costa Rica; and C. susanae sp. n. from Brazil and Ecuador. Cephaloleia simoni Pic, 1934 is treated as Incertae sedis. The larvae of C. erichsonii Baly, 1858 and C. puncticollis Baly, 1885 are described and illustrated.

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A comparison of hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) associated with three orders of monocot host plants in lowland Panama

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

Host plant taxonomy and phenotype influence the structure of a neotropical host plant-hispine beetle food web

Host plant taxonomy and phenotype influence the structure of a neotropical host plant-hispine beetle food web

Notes on the ecology of rolled-leaf hispines (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) at La Gamba (Costa Rica)

The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)

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