Description
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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; yellowish; head, antennae, and pronotum (except paler lateral and basal margins) black; elytra yellowish with lateral and apical margins black and black transverse band beyond middle; scutellum, venter, and legs yellowish. Head: vertex sparsely, finely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 incrassate, 2× length of 2; 2 subglobose; 3–4 elongate, subequal in length, each slightly longer than 2; 5–10 subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2× length 10, pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle slightly angulate, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface finely punctate laterally, nearly impunctate on disc; transverse basal impression present medially; pronotal length 1.3–1.7 mm; pronotal width 1.5–1.9 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with small tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows confused basally, scutellar row long; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 edged with faint carina; elytral length 5.3–5.7 mm; elytral width 2.0–2.2 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin rounded in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with seta in each puncture and fringe of setae at apex. Total length: 6.8–7.2 mm.
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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