Description
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Slightly elongate; subparallel; large; subconvex; shining; reddish; elytra with dark macula near scutellum, a second at humerus and third near apex. Head: vertex sparsely, irregularly punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, elongate; 2 ½ length of 1; 3 longer than 2 but shorter than 1; 4–10 transverse; 4 shorter than 3; 5 as long as wide, shorter than 4; 6 longer than 5; 7–10 subequal in length, each shorter than 6; 11 2× length of 10, elongate-oval; 2–4 triangularly compressed in male; 1–5 punctate with scattered setae; 6–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly divergent then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle angulate, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.9–2.1 mm; pronotal width 2.4–2.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; sparsely punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures confused apically; elytral length 7.5–7.8 mm; elytral width 3.1–3.5 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin weakly rounded, almost truncate in male, bisinuate in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 9.7–10.2 mm.
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- Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
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- Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
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- Charles L. Staines
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- Carlos García-Robledo
Distribution
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Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
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- cc-by-3.0
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- Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
- bibliographic citation
- Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
- author
- Charles L. Staines
- author
- Carlos García-Robledo