Cephaloleia variabilis Staines 1996

Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; head (except yellow frons) and scutellum black; antennae black or antennomeres 9–11 yellow; pronotum yellowish with black maculae on anterior and basal margins connected by narrow black vitta; elytra brown or black with yellow longitudinal vitta from base to apical ¼ from puncture rows 4 to 8, lateral margin black or yellow; venter with prosternum yellow, meso- and metasterna yellow medially, black laterally, abdominal sterna 1–4 black with yellow laterally, 5 totally black; leg with tibia and tarsi dark; femur yellow, dark at apex; coxae dark. Head: vertex punctate near eyes, center impunctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches beyond humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, as long as 2–4 combined, clavate, compressed laterally; 2 transverse, ½ length of 1; 3 transverse, longer than 2, projection on inner apical angle; 4–10 transverse; 4 shorter than 3; 5 subequal in length to 3; 6–10 subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 as long as 3 or 5, rounded at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight, slightly divergent then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.1–1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.4–1.6 mm. Scutellum: triangular; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.9–5.6 mm; elytral width 2.0–2.3 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin sinuate in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.3–7.1 mm.

Colombia, Panama.