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Cephaloleia tetraspilota Guérin-Méneville ex Cuvier 1844

Description

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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; black; antennae and legs paler; elytra with rounded ocher-yellow macula behind humeri and apical ¼ ocher-yellow; abdominal sterna yellowish; leg with base of femur brownish. Head: vertex strongly punctate, with medial carina; frons impunctate, not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches beyond humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, cylindrical, slightly longer than 2; 2–5 subequal in length, each ¾ length of 1, subelongate; 6–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal 4/5 then broadly rounded to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface strongly sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3–1.5 mm; pronotal width 1.4–1.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded, smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.0–4.4 mm; elytral width 2.2–2.5 mm. Venter: prosternum punctate; meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.0–5.7 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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Distribution

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Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
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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
author
Charles L. Staines
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Carlos García-Robledo
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