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Description

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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; head, pronotum, scutellum, venter, and legs yellowish-brown; antennae and elytra black. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus present; keel present between antennal bases; eyes convex; frons sparsely punctate, not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; antennomere 1 thick, elongate in male, shorter in female; 2 transverse, ⅓ length of 1; 3–4 transverse, subequal in length, each longer than 2; 5–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, weakly margined; anterior angle rounded, weakly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0–1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.3–1.5 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; sparsely punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, broadly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with small tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; declivity beginning just behind humerus at puncture row 7 edged with faint carina; moderately punctate-striate, punctures in row 8 larger, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.5–3.9 mm; elytral width 1.8–2.0 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; 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 rounded and emarginate medially in male, rounded in female. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex; Total length: 5.0–5.5 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
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Distribution

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Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Río Grande do Sul, Santa Catharina, São Paulo).
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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
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